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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.
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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.
Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context
He said he'd cowhide me till I was black and blue if I didn't raise some money for him.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
Aouda had escaped unharmed, and Fix alone bore marks of the fray in his black and blue bruise.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
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