out for blood
idiom
: very angry and wanting to kill someone or to cause them pain or discomfort
After being attacked, the soldiers were out for blood.
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Rosalía is out for blood.
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Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2023
The committee, which includes crypto ideologues including Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), will surely be out for blood after aggressive moves from the SEC and banking regulators.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 8 Mar. 2023
The Federal Trade Commission is out for blood, but Big Tech won’t be the one to bleed — the American consumer will.
—Sean-Michael Pigeon, National Review, 6 Oct. 2022
And will Disney, which acquired the rights to the Pooh characters back in 1961, be out for blood?
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
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Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2023
The committee, which includes crypto ideologues including Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), will surely be out for blood after aggressive moves from the SEC and banking regulators.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 8 Mar. 2023
The Federal Trade Commission is out for blood, but Big Tech won’t be the one to bleed — the American consumer will.
—Sean-Michael Pigeon, National Review, 6 Oct. 2022
And will Disney, which acquired the rights to the Pooh characters back in 1961, be out for blood?
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022
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“Out for blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20for%20blood. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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