"draw blood" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English drawe blood.",
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      "form": "drawing blood",
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          "text": "to draw first blood",
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        "To wound one's opponent in such a way that they bleed."
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          "ref": "1966, Stringfellow Barr, The Mask of Jove",
          "text": "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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        "To have an injurious effect; to strike home, as a barb or insult."
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        "(figuratively) To have an injurious effect; to strike home, as a barb or insult."
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  "word": "draw blood"
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        "To wound one's opponent in such a way that they bleed."
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