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dye in the wool	To dye woolen fibers before they are spun into thread.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
a purple patch	British (Informal) a run of success or good fortune. "people expect him to score in every game now he's hit a purple patch."	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
purple prose	Extravagant or flowery writing, especially in a literary work.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
purple state	Somewhat whimsical synonym for swing state. (In the modern United States) a state that may support the Democratic or Republican Party (purple states, states that vote for Democratic or Republican Party in general, being red states in some given elections and blue states in other given elections).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
purple you	To love and trust each other	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black eye	facial injury where the area around the eye(s) turn blackish, bluish purple	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dyed in the wool	Simple past tense and past participle of dye in the wool.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
swing state	A state which may vote Democratic or Republican, in a given election or generally; a purple state.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)