true blue
A faithful partisan or supporter of a cause, person, political party, etcA faithful partisan or supporter of a cause, person, political party, etc.
» That girl is a true blue country singer.
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3 senses(countable)A faithful partisan or supporter of a cause, person, political party, etc.
(historical, uncountable)A blue dye from Coventry, England, famous for not washing out.
(countable, uncountable)A precisely defined pure blue, as for example web color #0000FF = RGB(0,0,255).
Examples
1 sentencesThat girl is a true blue country singer.
Origin
Endocentric compound of true (“loyal, faithful”, adjective) + blue (“steadfastly faithfulEndocentric compound of true (“loyal, faithful”, adjective) + blue (“steadfastly faithful or loyal”, adjective). The symbolism of the colour blue as representing constancy, faithfulness, loyalty, and truth may derive from the constant colour of the sky, or the tendency of certain blue dyes to resist fading, especially those made in Coventry.
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Forms
plural: true bluesLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable