Meanings
verbtake the red eye (third-person singular simple present takes the red eye, present participle taking the red eye, simple past took the red eye, past participle taken the red eye)
present singular third person takes the red eye · participle present taking the red eye · past took the red eye · participle past taken the red eye
- USinformalTo travel on an airplane all night.
Origin
From red-eye (“overnight airplane flight”).
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take the red eye. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20the%20red%20eye
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take the red eye,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20the%20red%20eye.
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