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stir someone's blood

stir someone's blood verb: to rouse the spirits of.

Verb

stir someone's blood (third-person singular simple present stirs someone's blood, present participle stirring someone's blood, simple past and past participle stirred someone's blood)

  1. (idiomatic) To rouse the spirits of.
    • The build-up to the game carried all the hallmarks of this great old rivalry with noise, colour, pyrotechnics and a rousing rendition of Flower of Scotland to stir the blood of Scottish fans - not that it needed much stirring once they caught sight of England's white shirts.2023 September 12, Phil McNulty, “Scotland 1-3 England: 'Complete package' Jude Bellingham puts concluding flourish on world-class performance”, in BBC Sport

Forms of stir someone's blood

third-person singular presentstirs someone's blood
present participlestirring someone's blood
past participlestirred someone's blood
paststirred someone's blood

Questions about stir someone's blood

What does stir someone's blood mean?
Stir someone's blood means to rouse the spirits of.
What part of speech is stir someone's blood?
Stir someone's blood is a verb.
What is the past tense of stir someone's blood?
The past tense of stir someone's blood is stirred someone's blood.

Words near stir someone's blood in the dictionary

  1. stir frys
  2. stir one's stumps
  3. stir plate
  4. stir plates
  5. stir shit
  6. stir someone's blood
  7. stir the embers
  8. stir the pot
  9. stir up
  10. stir up a hornets' nest
  11. stir up the animals

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