- Government official - Red-tape official - Rigid administrator - An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in
a narrow and arbitrary routine.
- Red tape - Routine officials - A system of carrying on the business of government by
means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in
contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an
associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on
this system. - Government officials, collectively.
- Came to a point - Came to a point when red tape was untangled - Diminished gradually - Diminishing slowly in size - Dwindled, ... off - Narrowed - Narrowing