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stirring someone's blood

stirring someone's blood is the present participle and gerund 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

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What is stirring someone's blood the present participle and gerund of?
Stirring someone's blood is the present participle and gerund of stir someone's blood.

Words near stirring someone's blood in the dictionary

  1. stirreth
  2. stirrin'
  3. stirring
  4. stirring one's stumps
  5. stirring shit
  6. stirring someone's blood
  7. stirring the embers
  8. stirring the pot
  9. stirring up
  10. stirring up a hornets' nest
  11. stirring up the animals

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