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Meaning of "blue-on-blue" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLUE-ON-BLUE

From the colour used to mark a country's own troops and allies on a military map.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BLUE-ON-BLUE

blue-on-blue play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLUE-ON-BLUE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blue-On-Blue is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BLUE-ON-BLUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Friendly fire

Friendly fire is an attack by a military force on friendly forces while attempting to attack the enemy, either misidentifying the target as hostile, or due to errors or inaccuracy. Such attacks often cause injury or death. Fire not intended to attack the enemy, such as negligent or malicious discharge, or deliberate firing on one's own troops for disciplinary reasons, is not called friendly fire. Nor is unintentional harm to non-combatants or structures, sometimes referred to as collateral damage. Use of the term "friendly" in a military context for allied personnel or materiel dates from the First World War, often for shells falling short. The term friendly fire was originally adopted by the United States military. Many North Atlantic Treaty Organization militaries refer to these incidents as blue on blue, which derives from military exercises where NATO forces were identified by blue pennants and units representing Warsaw Pact forces by orange pennants.

Definition of blue-on-blue in the English dictionary

The definition of blue-on-blue in the dictionary is of or relating to friendly fire.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLUE-ON-BLUE

blue-blooded
blue-chip
blue-collar
blue-collar worker
blue-eyed
blue-eyed boy
blue-eyed grass
blue-eyed Mary
blue-eyed soul
blue-green algae
blue-pencil
blue-pencilled
blue-pencilling
blue-ribbon jury
blue-ringed octopus
blue-rinsed
blue-singlet
blue-skied
blue-skies
blue-sky

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLUE-ON-BLUE

a bolt from the blue
baby-blue
black-and-blue
blue
boys in blue
cobalt blue
half-blue
lavender-blue
midnight blue
navy blue
navy-blue
out of the blue
peacock-blue
royal blue
royal-blue
sky blue
sky-blue
slate-blue
true blue
true-blue

Synonyms and antonyms of blue-on-blue in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blue-on-blue» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLUE-ON-BLUE

Find out the translation of blue-on-blue to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blue-on-blue from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blue-on-blue» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蓝色上的蓝色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

azul sobre azul
570 millions of speakers

English

blue-on-blue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीले पर नीले
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأزرق على الأزرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сине- на - синий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

azul -on -blue
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীল অন ব্লু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bleu sur bleu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blue-on-blue
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blau auf Blau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブルー·オン·ブルー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

블루 온 블루
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biru-on-biru
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

màu xanh -on- xanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீலம் மீது நீல
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निळ्या-निळा-निळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mavi-on-mavi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blue - on -blue
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niebiesko -Blue
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синьо - на - синій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- albastru pe - albastru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπλε - σε - μπλε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Blou- on- blue
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

blå -on- blå
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blå- på -blå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blue-on-blue

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE-ON-BLUE»

The term «blue-on-blue» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.687 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE-ON-BLUE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blue-on-blue» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blue-on-blue» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blue-on-blue

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUE-ON-BLUE»

Discover the use of blue-on-blue in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blue-on-blue and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Blue on Blue: A History of Friendly Fire
Chronicles incidents in which an army's troops have been killed and wounded by their own comrades through blunders, panic, mistakes, and errors in judgment, from ancient times to the Persian Gulf War. Original.
Geoffrey Regan, 1995
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Blue on Blue Ground
Winner of 2004 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize.
Aaron Smith, 2005
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Burt Bacharach, Song by Song: The Ultimate Burt Bacharach ...
BLUE. ON. BLUE. Bobby Vinton. Pictured here during his blue period. Epic issued "Blue On Blue" on blue vinyl, repeating the marketing strategy that worked so well with "Roses are Red." ...
Serene Dominic, 2003
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Pottery from Spanish Shipwrecks, 1500-1800
Seventeenth-Century Types Sevilla Blue on Blue Designs on Sevilla Blue on Blue are typically blue underglazed with darker blue designs consisting of heavy and stylized elements of floral and leaf motifs, birds, animals, geometric patterns,  ...
Mitchell W. Marken, 1994
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Standard Catalog of World Paper Money General Issues - 1368-1960
Brown and black on green and blue underprint. With text: EMIS EN FRANCE. Back: Blue on blue and red underprint. Printer: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston. Replacement notes with X near serial #. a. Issued note. 30.00 130. s.
George S. Cuhaj, 2012
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
86, 1951 blue-on-blue noun 1 in battle, fire unintentionally directed at friendly forces us • On the night of 1 7 February, we had the first blue-on-blue (what some call fratricide, or so -called friendly fire) in the 1st Infantry Division!] — Tom Clancy  ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Bpm List: A Music Reference Guide for Mobile Djs
... Wayne 1963 LT 98 Blue On Blue Vinton, Bobby 1990 DA 136 Blue Savannah Erasure 1949 HP 60 Blue Skirt Waltz Yankovic, Frankie [w/Marlin Sisters] 1956 OL 170 Blue Suede Shoes Perkins, Carl 1956 OL 188 Blue Suede Shoes Presley, ...
Donny Brusca, 2005
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The Sky Is Blue My Year on Poetry.com January to December 2007
... the smoky gray silence flashing before us North Dakota blue black sky sailed on by yellow white stars golden green seas of grass waving in the sun flowing under the blue on blue sky deserted oases burning kerosene guiding prodigal sons ...
Steven Ross Keith, 2008
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
F14 (Botany)] UF Douglas oak Mountain white oak Quercus douglasii White oak, Mountain BT Oak Blue ocher USE Vivianite Blue on blue incidents (Military science) USE Friendly fire (Military science) Blue orchard bee USE Orchard mason ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2006
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House Of Blue Mangoes
A moment, two, then its feathers flicked into place, its knobbly feet found purchase on the soft flesh of the boy's palm, and it launched itself into space, blue on blue, conferring as it dwindled into the distance the perfect burnish to a morning that ...
David Davidar, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUE-ON-BLUE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blue-on-blue is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pink Mist review – heartbreaking story about the aftershocks of war
Inspired by interviews with returning soldiers, it never shirks uncomfortable truths about the realities of war, including blue-on-blue incidents ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
David Cameron's flagship childcare Bill is 'vague' and 'flawed', say …
The report is the second time the Childcare Bill has come under “blue-on-blue” friendly fire in the space of a fortnight, after The Independent on ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
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David Cameron's Right To Strike Law Could Led To Mass Sickies …
"The real battles of this next parliament will be blue-on-blue. But my counsel will be you're never going to please those backbenchers: either ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
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Cop hurt in battle with Boston bombers likely victim of blue-on-blue
BOSTON — It's "highly likely" that a police officer who was critically injured in a dramatic gunbattle with the Boston Marathon bombers was struck by another ... «Police News, Jun 15»
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Detective says blue-on-blue shooter knew him well
Detective says blue-on-blue shooter knew him well. Grant files tort claim, says he worked with Brachle daily. UPDATED 10:30 AM MDT May 22, ... «KOAT Albuquerque, May 15»
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Texas cop shot in blue-on-blue
HOUSTON — A police officer who was wounded after a brief pursuit in southwest Houston was apparently shot in the arm by his partner, Houston police officials ... «Police News, Apr 15»
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Say Goodbye to Winter Blues With This Bold Spring Ensemble
Case in point: our latest favorite look puts a cinched-up spin on things and takes the blue-on-blue trend to a polished level for Spring. «POPSUGAR, Mar 15»
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Fla. cop reprimanded after being shot at 19 times in blue-on-blue
HALLANDALE, Fla. — A barrage of police gunfire, 19 rounds in all, struck four mobile homes, two cars and a tree — everything it seemed, except the intended ... «Police News, Feb 15»
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Va. trooper shot in blue-on-blue, 3 arrested
ISLE OF WIGHT, Va. — A Virginia State trooper was shot in the foot Thursday after another trooper fired at an attacking dog while conducting a joint narcotics ... «Police News, Feb 15»
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Blue-on-blue shooting: Officer 'taking little walks'
Blue-on-blue shooting: Officer 'taking little walks'. Jacob Grant serious, stable at hospital. UPDATED 10:43 PM MST Feb 09, 2015 ... «KOAT Albuquerque, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Blue-On-Blue [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/blue-on-blue>. Apr 2024 ».
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