draw blood
verbEtymology
From Middle English drawe blood.
- inherited from drawe blood
Definitions
To wound one's opponent in such a way that they bleed.
- to draw first blood
To have an injurious effect
To have an injurious effect; to strike home, as a barb or insult.
- He lacked the art of wounding with the sword, and in any case his critics charged that he shrank from steel; but his invective was worthy of Demosthenes and his words drew blood.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA