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After a first game up in a top-tier Test like that, he will have been patted on the back by head coach Eddie Jones, who will be thinking they have blooded him correctly.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2021

Johnson should have blooded him sooner, not to mention Courtney Lawes, who marked his first Test start with a forceful effort in the second row.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2010

Whilst examining it, I think I put him into a worse humor, by remarking that a European surgeon would not have been so generous as to have blooded him without making a charge.

From Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)

Whilst examining it, I think I put him into a worse humour by remarking that a European surgeon would not have been so generous as to have blooded him without making a charge.

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles