stir (one's) blood

(redirected from stir our blood)

stir (one's) blood

To put one into a state of extreme excitement, enthusiasm, or determination. The president's famous speech still stirs my blood to this day. The show ends with a rousing musical number that is sure to stir your blood!

stir somebody’s/the ˈblood

make somebody excited or enthusiastic: His political speeches are designed to stir the blood.

See also: blood, stir

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We're bombarded with banalities when there should be songs to stir our blood, to articulate our grievances and our despair at the state of the nation.

Lord Charles wooden look out of place in the Lords; Last refuge for nation's chancers

The names that stir our blood in that most unusual way are different but the sensation is identical.

Latecomer who stirred those old feelings in me again

In between they trundled out historians, poets, and (barely hidden) nationalists to stir our blood, imaginations, and anger.