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stirs someone's blood

stirs someone's blood is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Stirs someone's blood is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stir someone's blood.

Words near stirs someone's blood in the dictionary

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

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