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Idiom

set pulses racing

Meaning

To excite, thrill.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The fast car set pulses racing at the track.”

“The band played a powerful song that really set pulses racing in the crowded stadium.”

“The sudden announcement of the new discovery set pulses racing among the scientists gathered at the conference.”

Examples

simple

“The fast car set pulses racing at the track.”

contextual

“The band played a powerful song that really set pulses racing in the crowded stadium.”

complex

“The sudden announcement of the new discovery set pulses racing among the scientists gathered at the conference.”

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