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Colour Pink Face Turns Slightly Redder Usual Embarrassed

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If you go p___, your face turns a slightly redder colour than usual because you are embarrassed or angry, or because you are doing something energetic .If you go pink, your face turns a slightly redder colour than usual because you are embarrassed or angry, or because you are doing something energetic .
She went pink again as she remembered her mistake.
word pink
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adjective
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Pink is the colour between red and white.
...pink lipstick.
...white flowers edged in pink.
...sweaters in a variety of pinks and blues.
Her nostrils were pinkish, as though she had a cold.
Meat which has been cooked thoroughly shows no traces of pinkness.
Pink is used to refer to things relating to or connected with gay people.
Businesses are now more aware of the importance of the 'pink pound'.
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If you go pink, your face turns a slightly redder colour than usual because you are embarrassed or angry, or because you are doing something energetic .
She went pink again as she remembered her mistake.
noun
Pinks are small plants that people grow in their gardens. They have sweet-smelling pink, white, or red flowers.
inflections pinkerpinkestpinkspinkishpinkness
cefr-level A1

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