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tape

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FRICTION TAPE,

MASKING TAPE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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friction tape

[friction tape] {n.} Black cloth tape with one sticky side used around electric wires. * /The boy fixed his cracked baseball bat with some friction tape./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

masking tape

[masking tape] {n.} A paper tape that is stuck around the edges of a surface being painted to keep the paint off the surface next to it. * /The painters […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[red tape] {n. phr.} Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays. * /If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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