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Meaning of let blood | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To extract blood from (a person, part of the body etc.).
archaic, historical, transitive
To bleed someone; to extract blood from a person, part of the body etc. for supposed therapeutic purposes, especially by phlebotomy.
archaic, historical, intransitive
To make (someone or something) bleed, in a general sense; to cut; to kill.
figuratively

Examples

“Is the foole sicke […] Alacke, let ⟳ it blood.”

“The Swiss […] let ⟳ him blood immediately, without hesitation, being always provided with a case of lancets, against all accidents on the road.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

let bygones be bygones let crazy stick its dick in you let down let drive let fluffy off the chain let fly

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