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one's blood is up

one's blood is up phrase: one is very angry.

Phrase

one's blood is up

  1. (idiomatic) One is very angry.

Questions about one's blood is up

What does one's blood is up mean?
One's blood is up means one is very angry.
What part of speech is one's blood is up?
One's blood is up is a phrase.

Words near one's blood is up in the dictionary

  1. one's ass is dragging
  2. one's ass is grass
  3. one's back is up
  4. one's bark is worse than one's bite
  5. one's belly thinks one's throat has been cut
  6. one's blood is up
  7. one's blood runs cold
  8. one's born days
  9. one's cake is dough
  10. one's cotton socks off
  11. one's damned if one does and one's damned if one doesn't

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