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making someone's blood boil

making someone's blood boil is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about making someone's blood boil

What is making someone's blood boil the present participle and gerund of?
Making someone's blood boil is the present participle and gerund of make someone's blood boil.

Words near making someone's blood boil in the dictionary

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

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