"clear blue water" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "Introduced by the Conservative Party in the 1990s.",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Anthony Forster, Euroscepticism in Contemporary British Politics, page 27",
          "text": "It was the Conservatives' policy, designed in part to put some clear blue water between themselves and Labour and to refresh Conservative Party ideas.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Proud To Be Flesh",
          "text": "But, Boyle's admission does put clear blue water between CC and the autonomist politics of another notorious commons enthusiast, Peter Linebaugh, who is also included in this chapter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Martin H. M. Steven, Christianity and Party Politics: Keeping the Faith, page 62",
          "text": "[…] the Conservatives can still create clear blue water between them and Labour by showing how they prioritise the family over the State.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Chris Mullin, A Walk-On Part",
          "text": "I was of the view that there ought to be clear blue water between us and the Tories on this issue.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 8, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: Boom or bust: time to decide”, in RAIL, number 976, page 3",
          "text": "Sitting on the bottom of both league tables - with clear blue water between it and the next worst operator - is Avanti West Coast.",
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        "An obvious, unambiguous divide between the policies of two parties."
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        "(idiomatic, especially UK politics) An obvious, unambiguous divide between the policies of two parties."
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          "english": "emotional or psychological distance, or disagreement; usually in the expression put daylight between oneself and someone",
          "word": "daylight"
        }
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  "word": "clear blue water"
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  "etymology_text": "Introduced by the Conservative Party in the 1990s.",
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      "english": "emotional or psychological distance, or disagreement; usually in the expression put daylight between oneself and someone",
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    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "ref": "2002, Anthony Forster, Euroscepticism in Contemporary British Politics, page 27",
          "text": "It was the Conservatives' policy, designed in part to put some clear blue water between themselves and Labour and to refresh Conservative Party ideas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Proud To Be Flesh",
          "text": "But, Boyle's admission does put clear blue water between CC and the autonomist politics of another notorious commons enthusiast, Peter Linebaugh, who is also included in this chapter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Martin H. M. Steven, Christianity and Party Politics: Keeping the Faith, page 62",
          "text": "[…] the Conservatives can still create clear blue water between them and Labour by showing how they prioritise the family over the State.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Chris Mullin, A Walk-On Part",
          "text": "I was of the view that there ought to be clear blue water between us and the Tories on this issue.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 February 8, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: Boom or bust: time to decide”, in RAIL, number 976, page 3",
          "text": "Sitting on the bottom of both league tables - with clear blue water between it and the next worst operator - is Avanti West Coast.",
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        "(idiomatic, especially UK politics) An obvious, unambiguous divide between the policies of two parties."
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