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Meaning of stir someone's blood | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To rouse the spirits of.

idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

stir the embers stir the pot stir up stir up a hornets' nest stir up the animals stir-fried