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red herring

red herring
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • haring
  • a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color

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red herring
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus
    "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring"

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    red herring
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

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      1. The police followed a red herring while they let the true criminal escape.
      2. In order to distract the others, we brought up this irrelevant issue as a red herring.