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black-and-blue

black-and-blue is the alternative form of black and blue.

Meaning of black and blue

Adjective

black and blue (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Of a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
    • My arm is still black and blue from slipping on the ice yesterday.

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Questions about black-and-blue

What is black-and-blue the alternative form of?
Black-and-blue is the alternative form of black and blue.

Words near black-and-blue in the dictionary

  1. Black Zionism
  2. black zone
  3. black zones
  4. black-a-moor
  5. black-a-moors
  6. black-and-blue
  7. black-and-tan
  8. black-and-tans
  9. black-and-white
  10. black-and-white ruffed lemur
  11. black-and-white ruffed lemurs

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