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lend color to

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color

[color] See: [CHANGE COLOR], [GIVE COLOR TO] or [LEND COLOR TO], [HAUL DOWN ONE'S COLORS], [HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR], [NAIL ONE'S COLORS TO THE MAST], [OFF-COLOR] or [OFF-COLORED], [SAIL […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

give color to

[give color to] or [lend color to] {v. phr.} To make (something) seem true or likely. * /The boy's torn clothes gave color to his story of a fight./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

off-color

[off-color] or [off-colored] {adj.} 1. Not of the proper hue or shade; not matching a standard color sample. * /The librarian complained that the painter had used an off-color green […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

change color

[change color] {v. phr.} 1. To become pale. * /The sight was so horrible that Mary changed color from fear./ * /Bill lost so much blood from the cut that […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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