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Idiom

stir someone's blood

Meaning

To rouse the spirits of.

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

Examples

“The powerful music really stirs my blood.”

“The coach gave a speech that stirred the team's blood before the championship game.”

“The orator's passionate defense of liberty stirred the blood of every citizen gathered in the square.”

Examples

simple

“The powerful music really stirs my blood.”

contextual

“The coach gave a speech that stirred the team's blood before the championship game.”

complex

“The orator's passionate defense of liberty stirred the blood of every citizen gathered in the square.”

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