Meaning & use
redeye
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An overnight airline flight that departs late at night and arrives early in the morning.
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She booked a redeye from Los Angeles to New York to save a day of vacation.
After the redeye, he went straight from the airport to the morning meeting, exhausted.
A note on using this word
Informal but standard in travel contexts; named for the tired, reddened eyes passengers get from lack of sleep.
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night flight
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