set pulses racing

To be very thrilling, exhilarating, or exciting. You could feel it in the air that the singer's performance was setting pulses racing. She has an intense, smoldering stare that sets pulses positively racing.

See also: pulse, race, set

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get pulses racing
set (someone's) pulse racing
get (someone's) pulse racing
rooting-tooting
rootin'-tootin'
thriller-diller
set the heather alight
set the Thames alight
set the world alight
Thames

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