"clean bill of health" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clean bills of health [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|clean bills of health}} clean bill of health (plural clean bills of health)
  1. A bill of health that states that there is no infectious disease present in a ship, or its port of departure.
    Sense id: en-clean_bill_of_health-en-noun-EiY~~ZSw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38
  2. (figurative, by extension) A statement that indicates that there are no obvious problems. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-clean_bill_of_health-en-noun-LpQbK1Dg

Inflected forms

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