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smelled blood

smelled blood is the simple past and past participle of smell blood.

Meaning of smell blood

Verb

smell blood (third-person singular simple present smells blood, present participle smelling blood, simple past and past participle smelled blood or smelt blood)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To sense that one has an advantage over an adversary or rival.
    • Later he intended to continue his goading of Neil. He could smell blood now; if only he could get the man to fall apart in one of their clubs.1995, Jane Feather, Valentine, →ISBN, page 392

Questions about smelled blood

What is smelled blood the simple past and past participle of?
Smelled blood is the simple past and past participle of smell blood.

Words near smelled blood in the dictionary

  1. smell-smock
  2. smell-smocks
  3. smellable
  4. smelled
  5. smelled a rat
  6. smelled blood
  7. smelled like a rose
  8. smelled like a tart's bedroom
  9. smelled like a tart's boudoir
  10. smelled like a tart's handbag
  11. smelled like a tart's handkerchief

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