white sheet

collocation in English

meaningsofwhiteandsheet

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white
adjective
uk
/waɪt/us
/waɪt/
of a colour like that of snow, milk, ...
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sheet
noun[C]
uk
/ʃiːt/us
/ʃiːt/
a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on ...
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(Definition ofwhiteandsheetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwhite sheet

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So they do not stand in awhitesheetwhen it comes to the use of their resources solely for peaceful purposes.
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He was apologetic, as he had to be—he almost appeared in awhitesheet.
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I think that as politicians who have played our part in different times we ought all to stand together in awhitesheet.
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I am not going to stand in awhitesheetwith regard to that.
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When you examine one, you find that it is some individual of moderate stature holding awhitesheethigh over his head.
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Awhitesheetcould not cover the whole of his sins.
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Everyone agrees that no party has been dressed in awhitesheetover this matter.
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Today he winds up his remarks by saying that he is standing in awhitesheet.
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I think we are all really to some extent in awhitesheetover this business.
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This is not a case where we stand in awhitesheet.
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I will not stand in awhitesheetin that regard.
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It is no pleasant matter to stand in awhitesheetand say that yon were wrong.
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He has told us how he stands to-night in awhitesheetfor not having opposed the amalgamation.
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That body is trying to put itself in awhitesheet, although it bears a heavy responsibility.
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I, like him, stand in awhitesheet.
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I am not really in awhitesheetabout this.
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He did not put on anywhitesheet.
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What he proposes is to go on with the same course of conduct, disguised, as it were, by hiswhitesheet.
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He is certainly in no position to stand in awhitesheeton this matter.
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This is merely a stain on an otherwisewhitesheet.
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