How To Get A Clean Bill Of Health

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noun

a certificate of health attesting the lack of a contagious disease, as on a ship.

an assurance, as by a doctor, that one is in good health.

Also clean bill . an assurance, especially an official verdict by a committee, that a group or an individual has proved, under investigation, to be morally sound, fit for office, etc.

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Origin of clean bill of health

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby clean bill of health

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How to use clean bill of health in a sentence

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.
His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
"Someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off TV," she continued.

With Charlie Hebdo, "you really have a clean case here," Shearer said.
The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
But men, through neglecting the rules of health, pass quickly to old age, and die before reaching that term.
Several able speakers had made long addresses in support of the bill when one Mr. Morrisett, from Monroe, took the floor.
He is what the bill wishes to make for us, a regular root doctor, and will suit the place exactly.
He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.

Cultural definitions for clean bill of health

To "get a clean bill of health" is to be told by some authoritative source, generally a doctor, that one is perfectly healthy. The phrase is sometimes used figuratively to indicate that a person or organization has been found free of any sort of irregularity: "After looking into her financial background, the Senate gave the nominee a clean bill of health."

Other Idioms and Phrases with clean bill of health

A report confirming the absence of fault or guilt in a person or thing, as in Jeff checked every component and gave the computer a clean bill of health, or He had a foolproof alibi so the police had to give him a clean bill of health. This term comes from a 17th-century practice of requiring ships to produce a medical document (bill) attesting to the absence of infectious disease on board before landing.