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blau machen

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German

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Etymology

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blau +‎ machen. In the course of their production, blue clothes had to be left alone for a day after they had been dyed.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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blau machen (weak, third-person singular present macht blau, past tense machte blau, past participle blau gemacht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to (illegally) stop working for one day

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