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bad blood

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*bad blood (between people)
unpleasant feelings or animosity between people. (*Typically: be ~; have ~.) There is bad blood between Fred and Jim. They cannot be civil to one another. There is no bad blood between us. I don't know why we should quarrel.
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bad blood
feelings of hate between people because of arguments in the past (often + between ) Police say the arson attack may have been the result of bad blood between the two families.
See also: bad, blood


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"If there is bad blood between you and them," said I, to soften it off a little.
But don't imagine to yourself that I make myself bad blood on that account.
If we had not been all nearly on an equality in the matter of wages, these distinctions would have made bad blood among us.
 
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