out for blood

English

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Adjective

out for blood (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) With the intent of killing or severely injuring somebody (especially out of revenge).
   • 2007, Christine Feehan, Deadly Game, Penguin, →ISBN, page 55:

     He watched out for the men in his unit, for the one woman who had saved them so many years ago when they were still raw teens out for blood and revenge on the world, and he watched out for anyone else they stumbled across in their lives that needed protection.

Translations

with the intent of killing

• Finnish: janota verta (to be out for blood)