take the red eye

English

Etymology

From red-eye (“overnight airplane flight”).

Verb

take 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)

1. (US, informal) To travel on an airplane all night.

Further reading

• “take the red eye” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.