Browse phrases beginning with: [A][B][C][D][E][F][G][H][I][J][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U,V][W][X,Y,Z] Colour upMeaning To blush or turn red in the face. Origin It's not an especially old phrase and isn't seen in print until 1836, in Frederick Marryat's Japhet in Search of a Father:
The verb colour was used earlier, as in this example from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, 1755:
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