set pulses racing

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set pulses racing (third-person singular simple present sets pulses racing, present participle setting pulses racing, simple past and past participle set pulses racing)

1. (idiomatic) To excite, thrill.
   • 2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     And while the performance hardly set pulses racing, it should be remembered that the side that starts the serious action against France in Donestsk on 11 June will not resemble the one on show in Oslo.