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Meaning: Meats such asbeefthat are dark red in colour when uncooked.; (uncountable,politics,idiomatic)Fresh,inspiring, orinflammatorytopicsorinformation.1931, Robert G.M. Neville, "Prima Donnas in the Pulpit,"Forum and Century, June (retrieved 10 Apr. 2021):To mention Bishop Manning's name in a city room is equivalent to telling the city editor that a rip-roaring good story is brewing. A bishop for almost ten years, he has provided the hungry presses of New York with more red meat than Al Capone, Aimee Semple McPherson, Billy Sunday, 'Legs' Diamond, Albert Einstein, Charles Augusts Lindbergh, Texas Guinan, or Nicholas Murray Butler.1950,Drew Pearson,Washington Merry-Go-Round,“Trust-Buster Truman”, May 1, 1950 (syndicated, e.g.,Prescott Evening Courier,May 1, 1950,p. 4):“Keep it up,” urged Truman. “You’re doing a great job for the country and, incidentally, providing me withred meatfor campaign speeches.”1992October 27, John Leo, “Hill's Potential Stunted By Gender-Focused Politics”, inSeattle Times, retrieved 7 Jan. 2010:Given the fiery tone of the conference, Anita Hill's speech must have come as a disappointment. She threw nored meatto the audience.1999May 21, Alex Brummer, “Sir Peter throws the City meat to chew on”, inguardian.co.uk, retrieved 7 Jan. 2010:The decision to press ahead with the rationalisation, while there is still uncertainty about the bank's strategic direction, gives the City somered meatto chew on.2002July 10, Richard W. Stevenson, “Bush's Dance: Moral Outrage Without Pain to Loyalists”, inNew York Times, retrieved 7 Jan. 2010:On environmental regulation, taxes and other topics that arered meatto economic conservatives, Mr. Bush has delivered.2012August 22, Andy Beckett, “Britannia Unchained: the rise of the new Tory right”, inThe Guardian[1]:The passage,red meatfor phone-ins and columnists ever since, argued less politely for an improvement in our national work ethic:[…]2023May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, inRAIL, number984, page 3:Sunak seems so scared of his party's swivel-eyed right wing that he has been panicked into focusing all new legislation on perceived 'red meat'issues which he hopes the Tory right will support.
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