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smelt blood

smelt 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 smelt blood

What is smelt blood the simple past and past participle of?
Smelt blood is the simple past and past participle of smell blood.

Words near smelt blood in the dictionary

  1. smels
  2. Smelser
  3. Smelsers
  4. smelt
  5. smelt a rat
  6. smelt blood
  7. smelt like a rose
  8. smelt like a tart's bedroom
  9. smelt like a tart's boudoir
  10. smelt like a tart's handbag
  11. smelt like a tart's handkerchief

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