first blood
The condition in a duel in which the first one to draw blood from the other winsThe condition in a duel in which the first one to draw blood from the other wins.
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3 senses(uncountable)The condition in a duel in which the first one to draw blood from the other wins.
(uncountable)The first damage or reverse inflicted on an opponent in a conflict.
(uncountable)The first score in a competition.
Examples
2 sentencesIs this your first time donating blood?
His father was a great lawyer and he won his first case at 25; blood will tell.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.