blue-lightv.
/ˌbluːˈlʌɪt/, /ˈbluːlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌbluˈlaɪt/ colloquial (chiefly British).
1. intransitive. Of an emergency vehicle, or its driver or occupants: to go somewhere with blue lights flashing to indicate an emergency, typically in quick response to an incident. Frequently with to.
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1970 Chicago Daily Defender 9 Apr. (Three Star Final ed.) 21/3 Police cars were blue lighting to this tavern as tho someone had been killed.
1992 rec.nude 4 Aug. (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 4 Oct. 2019) Oinkos come blue-lighting after civic-minded dunderhead raises alarm.
2016 @Zeshwan1992 29 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 18 Sept. 2019) Just had to blue light to a patient with a minor cut to their finger. Please #choosewell folks. This can be dealt with using basic self care.
2. transitive. Of an emergency vehicle, or its driver or occupants: to take (a person) somewhere with blue lights flashing to indicate an emergency; esp. to rush (a person) to hospital in an ambulance. Frequently with to.
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1988 Sunday Times 10 Jan. a 22/1 A flashing ambulance blue-lighted me to intensive care.
1999 J. D. Sobol Storytellers' Journey iii. 95 We..put her in the squad car, and blue-lighted her back up to the cemetery.
2017 Evening Gaz. (Nexis) 24 Aug. 5 I went to wake her up one morning and she was really weak. I called for an ambulance and she was bluelit to hospital.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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