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black and blue |
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black and blue if a person or part of their body is black and blue, their skin is covered with bruises (= black marks caused by being hit) He was beaten black and blue at boarding school. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. He said he'd cowhide me till I was black and blue if I didn't raise some money for him. Aouda had escaped unharmed, and Fix alone bore marks of the fray in his black and blue bruise. |
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