Meanings
- uncountableThe condition in a duel in which the first one to draw blood from the other wins.
- uncountableThe first damage or reverse inflicted on an opponent in a conflict.
Rambo - They drew first blood, not me. Trautman - Look Johnny, let me come in and get you the hell out of there! Rambo - They drew first blood... Trautman - Rambo, are you still reading me? Covey leader to Raven! Rambo! Acknowledge! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083944/quotes
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Sayers won first blood by cutting Crouch's right eye, and the battle by knocking his man out with a nose-ender in 12 minutes 28 seconds, 6 rounds being fought.
1879, Ed James, The Lives and Battles of the Champions of England, page 39Johnston, meanwhile, has managed to get within five miles of its target, and fires a full spread of ten torpedoes. Minutes later, at least two, possibly three, tear the bow off the hapless cruiser Kumano. First blood, unbelievably, therefore, goes to the Americans.
2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 18:01 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022 - uncountablehobbiesThe first score in a competition.
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first blood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first%20blood
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