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See: CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH, FILL THE BILL.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[clean bill of health] {n. phr.} 1. A certificate that a person or animal has no infectious disease. * /The government doctor gave Jones a clean bill of health when […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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