in the red

idiom

: spending and owing more money than is being earned

Apparently the company had been in the red for some time before it went out of business.

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While the Yankees seemed on the proverbial five-yard line or were in the red zone with potentially obtaining Flaherty, Yamamoto was another story. —

Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024 Energy was the only sector in the red after crude oil fell on OPEC cutting its demand forecast for 2024 and 2025. —

Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024 The 73-year-old two-term incumbent who's a reliable GOP vote in the Senate has won relatively easily in the red state and hasn't had a problem raising money, so her race wasn't expected to be a competitive one. —

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2024 That’s two TDs Jaleel McLaughlin has generated in the red zone this year that maybe nobody else on the roster makes. —

Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the red