blau machen

== German == === Etymology === blau +‎ machen. In the course of their production, blue clothes had to be left alone for a day after they had been dyed. === Pronunciation === === Verb === blau machen (weak, third-person singular present macht blau, past tense machte blau, past participle blau gemacht, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to skive, play truant ==== Conjugation ====