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Meaning of true blue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌtɹuː ˈbluː

Definitions

  1. A faithful partisan or supporter of a cause, person, political party, etc.
  2. A blue dye from Coventry, England, famous for not washing out.
  3. A precisely defined pure blue, as for example web color #0000FF = RGB(0,0,255).

Examples

“A mild Liberalism prevailed, a Liberalism that would be regarded as hide-bound Toryism now, but was daring enough in those days. One man who had been to work in Northampton proclaimed himself a Radical; but he was cancelled out by the landlord, who called himself a ‘true blue’.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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