
What Does “red handed” mean?
Definition:
be discovered in or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal
Example(s)
She was caught red-handed, stealing a ring.
This idiom is in the colors category.

be discovered in or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal
She was caught red-handed, stealing a ring.
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