From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgive somebody/something a clean bill of healthgive somebody/something a clean bill of healthHEALTHYSAFEto officially state that someone is in good health or that something is working correctly Maddox was given a clean bill of health. → bill
Examples from the Corpus
give somebody/something a clean bill of health• The influential Bell study gave them largely a clean bill of health as a model for determining disputes concerning entitlement to benefit.• They gave it a clean bill of health.• Maddox was given a clean bill of health by his doctor.• If the ship was given a clean bill of health, Customs Officials went on board. 