red tape

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 can cut through all that red tape.
Categories: noun
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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