black and blue
(colloquial) Of a person, having obvious bruises of the skin, typically from falling or being hit or punched.
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yeah here too. I drive past one 'cop' flag that's black and blue stripes. I want to tear it down. I see people wearing the flag, and I want to tear them down too.
I always knew there was the potential for the belt to come off. Definitely learned to evaluate risk versus reward very early. What really sucked was that I didn’t have to be the problem, but making me black and blue f…
Diagnostic dilemma: A woman turned black and blue weeks after starting a new medication A woman's sudden hyperpigmentation was a side effect of a medicine she was taking.
We will have a Blue tsunami and a Black tsunami. It’s going to be ‘Black and Blue’ season against Republicans…🍿
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(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.
“yeah here too. I drive past one 'cop' flag that's black and blue stripes. I want to tear it down. I see people wearing the flag, and I want to tear them down too.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I always knew there was the potential for the belt to come off. Definitely learned to evaluate risk versus reward very early. What really sucked was that I didn’t have to be the problem, but making me black and blue from the back of my neck to my heels was always the solution.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Diagnostic dilemma: A woman turned black and blue weeks after starting a new medication A woman's sudden hyperpigmentation was a side effect of a medicine she was taking.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(colloquial, or, slang) To bruise, to strike .
“We will have a Blue tsunami and a Black tsunami. It’s going to be ‘Black and Blue’ season against Republicans…🍿”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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