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black-and-blue

  [blak-uhn-bloo]
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–adjective
discolored, as by bruising; exhibiting ecchymosis: a black-and-blue mark on my knee.
Origin:
1300–50; ME
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: black–and–blue
Pronunciation: "blak-&n-'blü
Function: adjective
: darkly discolored from blood effused by bruising
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Idioms & Phrases

black and blue

Badly bruised, as in That fall down the stairs left me black and blue all over. Even though multicolored bruises rarely include the color black, this term has been so used since about 1300.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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