noun
1 music
VERB + BLUES
▪ play , sing
▪
He plays ~ on the harmonica.
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She sings the ~ in smoky bars.
BLUES + NOUN
▪ band , musician , singer
▪ song
2 the blues state of feeling sad/depressed
VERB + THE BLUES
▪ have
▪ get , suffer from
▪ banish ( esp. BrE ), beat , cure
▪
I'm planning a cruise as a way to beat the ~.