"taste blood" meaning in All languages combined

See taste blood on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: tastes blood [present, singular, third-person], tasting blood [participle, present], tasted blood [participle, past], tasted blood [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} taste blood (third-person singular simple present tastes blood, present participle tasting blood, simple past and past participle tasted blood)
  1. To sense weakness in another, encouraging one to attack or (figurative) to press home an advantage in a debate etc.
    Sense id: en-taste_blood-en-verb-KKOpwFF6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
     
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    }
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        "To sense weakness in another, encouraging one to attack or (figurative) to press home an advantage in a debate etc."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "weakness",
          "weakness"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "advantage",
          "advantage"
        ],
        [
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          "debate"
        ]
      ]
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        "To sense weakness in another, encouraging one to attack or (figurative) to press home an advantage in a debate etc."
      ],
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          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "weakness",
          "weakness"
        ],
        [
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          "attack"
        ],
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          "advantage"
        ],
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        ]
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