Meaning of bleed for | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To feel great sympathy or compassion for; to mourn on account of.
2. To suffer when fighting for.
3. To receive corporal or capital punishment for.

Examples

“He bleeds for the Negro, he bleeds for the Jew, he bleeds for the oppressed peoples.”

“Also, I bleed⟳ for the welfare of our children among our growing population of feral underclass.”

“Not that I don't care, kid. Not that I don't bleed⟳ for you. But again, I'm seventy-four.”

“In great emergencies peoples are saved by men who bleed⟳ for the people, who are willing to pay⟳ dear and deep for their devotion to righteousness.”

“Cæsar will bleed⟳ for Cleopatra, but Cleopatra, in her turn⟳, must bleed⟳ for Cæsar.”

“They let⟳ the Germans bleed⟳ for the freedom of the left bank of the Rhine —including Luxemburg —they loudly boast they have⟳ no fatherland, and reserve⟳ it to themselves to heap abuse on Germans as slaves, to shout⟳ to the German tide-waiters a scornful "merde pour⟳ la Prusse!"”

“How many times must I bleed⟳ for you before you see⟳, that I would die⟳ for you How many times must I bleed⟳ for you before I see⟳, that I am dying for you”

“The contrite hears, he hears, and lives; Bleeds for his crimes, and heav'n forgives;”

“He dies — the friend of sinners dies—Oh, how he bleeds for me, Lo!”

“"So Benaiah went up and slew him." Joab must have⟳ been old and infirm at this time; and now he bleeds for Abner, he bleeds for Amasa, and he bleeds for Uriah.”

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