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makes someone's blood boil

makes someone's blood boil is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's blood boil.

Meaning of make someone's blood boil

Verb

make someone's blood boil (third-person singular simple present makes someone's blood boil, present participle making someone's blood boil, simple past and past participle made someone's blood boil)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.
    • Dove says it makes her blood boil to see the way the poor young gentleman is treated.1880, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 21, in Love and Life

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Makes someone's blood boil is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's blood boil.

Words near makes someone's blood boil in the dictionary

  1. makes shit shake
  2. makes short work of
  3. makes some noise
  4. makes someone hard to catch
  5. makes someone's acquaintance
  6. makes someone's blood boil
  7. makes someone's day
  8. makes someone's ears sad
  9. makes someone's flesh crawl
  10. makes someone's flesh creep
  11. makes someone's hair curl

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