stir someone's blood

verb

To rouse the spirits of.

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Meanings

verbstir 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)

present singular third person stirs someone's blood · participle present stirring someone's blood · participle past stirred someone's blood · past stirred someone's blood

  1. idiomaticTo 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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