spit blood/venom

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: to be extremely angry
Our manager was spitting blood/venom when he found out what had happened.

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The defensive ability to spit venom at adversaries evolved three times within the cobra family tree. — Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 The Asian giant hornet does not usually attack people and pets unless it is threatened, but its painful sting can spit venom. — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 June 2021 Asian giant hornets can deliver painful stings to people and spit venom. — CBS News, 18 Mar. 2021 On Saturday, workers clad in protective suits — the hornets can sting repeatedly and spit venom — used foam to seal crevices, wrapped the tree in cellophane and then used a vacuum hose to suck out the hornets. — NBC News, 26 Oct. 2020 This gallery explores their behaviour, from vegetarian spiders to venomless ones that crush their prey to social ones that spit venom. — Discover Magazine, 8 June 2011

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“Spit blood/venom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spit%20blood%2Fvenom. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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