'At the first blush' definitions:

Definition of 'At the first blush'

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  • Blush \Blush\, n.
  • 1. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty. [1913 Webster]
  • The rosy blush of love. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint. [1913 Webster]
  • Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills. --Lyttleton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.
  • Note: 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.
  • To put to the blush, to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame. [1913 Webster]

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