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out for blood

out for blood adjective: with the intent of killing or severely injuring somebody (especially out of revenge).

Adjective

out for blood (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) With the intent of killing or severely injuring somebody (especially out of revenge).
    • He watched out for the men in his unit, for the one woman who had saved them so many years ago when they were still raw teens out for blood and revenge on the world, and he watched out for anyone else they stumbled across in their lives that needed protection.2007, Christine Feehan, Deadly Game, Penguin, →ISBN, page 55
    • They portray Mr. Trump as an imperialist out for blood or as an incompetent lackey of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, often stoking antisemitic tropes.2026 April 25, Steven Lee Myers, Stuart A. Thompson, “Iran’s Meme War Against Trump Ushers In a Future of ‘Slopaganda’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about out for blood

What does out for blood mean?
Out for blood means with the intent of killing or severely injuring somebody (especially out of revenge).
What part of speech is out for blood?
Out for blood is an adjective.

Words near out for blood in the dictionary

  1. out back
  2. out ball
  3. out balls
  4. out cold
  5. out for a duck
  6. out for blood
  7. out for the count
  8. out ground
  9. out grounds
  10. out hike
  11. out hiked

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