draw blood

Idioms and Phrases

Injure someone physically or emotionally. For example, The bullet skimmed his shoulder and barely drew any blood , or That reviewer really knows how to draw blood . This term alludes to drawing blood for diagnostic purposes.

Example Sentences

Years later, in 2005, scientists took advantage of a more open government to draw blood samples from 93 residents of Liqian.

From The Daily Beast

“The first thing on the list of care was to draw blood,” the EMT official said.

From The Daily Beast

The brassy Baptist says AIDS is spread through gay men who wear sharp rings to draw blood out of their targets.

From The Daily Beast

She found it very funny and entertaining to draw blood from suspects and arrestees.

From The Daily Beast

That ad will draw blood and will—as Henry Kissinger used to say—have the additional merit of being true.

From The Daily Beast

It had a weighted handle, and a long, snaky lash, and it was said that a man could draw blood with it.

From Project Gutenberg

Being convinced that Sarah Morduck caused his troubles, he scratched her "above the breath," to draw blood from her.

From Project Gutenberg

There are three sorts of people you must not let draw blood; first ignorant and inexperienced persons.

From Project Gutenberg

He rapped him on the shoulders two or three different times, I wouldn't say how often, but he didn't draw blood on Berg.

From Project Gutenberg

The quirt landed on the fellow's cheek with such force as to lay it open and draw blood.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• batter
• break
• damage
• harm
• hurt
• maim
• mutilate
• torture
• wound