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stirred someone's blood

stirred someone's blood is the simple past and past participle of stir someone's blood.

Meaning of stir someone's blood

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

Questions about stirred someone's blood

What is stirred someone's blood the simple past and past participle of?
Stirred someone's blood is the simple past and past participle of stir someone's blood.

Words near stirred someone's blood in the dictionary

  1. stirred
  2. stirred curd cheese
  3. stirred curd cheeses
  4. stirred one's stumps
  5. stirred shit
  6. stirred someone's blood
  7. stirred the embers
  8. stirred the pot
  9. stirred up
  10. stirred up a hornets' nest
  11. stirred up the animals

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