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blue-on-blue
noun- in battle, fire unintentionally directed at friendly forces US
- On the night of 17 February, we had the first blue-on-blue (what some call fratricide, or so-called friendly fire) in the lst Infantry Division[.] — Tom Clancy, Into the Storm, p. 248, 1991
- — American Speech, p. 384, Winter 1991: “Among the new words”
- [T]hey would not move forward in case of a blue-on-blue. — Andy McNab (writing of the late 1970s/early 80s), Immediate Action, p. 177, 1995
- Blue-on-blue–the new euphemism for “friendly fire”. — The Times, p. 18, 5 April 2003
- Blue on blue, which made its debut yesterday after the downing of an RAF Tornado by an American Patriot missile, comes from wargaming exercises where the goodies are blue and–in a hangover from cold war days–the baddies are red. — The Guardian, 24 March 2003
- clear blue sky and a calm blue sea US
- — American Speech, p. 122, Summer 1986: “The language of naval fighter pilots”
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