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true to one's colors

true to one's colors adjective: loyal.

Adjective

true to one's colors (not comparable)

  1. loyal

Forms of true to one's colors

alternative formtrue to one's colours

Questions about true to one's colors

What does true to one's colors mean?
True to one's colors means loyal.
What part of speech is true to one's colors?
True to one's colors is an adjective.

Words near true to one's colors in the dictionary

  1. true thrush
  2. true thrushes
  3. true time
  4. true to form
  5. true to life
  6. true to one's colors
  7. true to one's word
  8. true to oneself
  9. true to seed
  10. true to type
  11. true toad

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