blush : Idioms & Phrases
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At first blush
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adverb as a first impression
when first seen.
- at first blush the offer seemed attractive
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Webster 1913
At first blush , or At the first blush
- at the first appearance or view. "At the first blush, we thought they had been ships come from France." Hakluyt.
This phrase is used now more of ideas, opinions, etc., than of material things. "All purely identical propositions, obviously, and at first blush, appear." etc. Locke.
Webster 1913
blush wine
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noun pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
pink wine; rose wine; rose.
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blushing mushroom
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noun yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched
blusher; Amanita rubescens.
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first blush
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noun at the first glimpse or impression
- at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails
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To put to the blush
- to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.
