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young blood

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young blood (countable and uncountable, plural young bloods) (idiomatic)

  1. (uncountable) Young or youthful people, especially as a source of revitalizing force (in a team, organization, etc.).
    Synonyms: fresh blood, new blood, youth
  2. (countable) A young person (especially a man); also as a term of address.
    Alternative form: youngblood
    • 1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 4, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, page 46:
      Every Saturday evening, raw young bloods of the village would meet for a drink, and the wine made us lively. We stuck a sprig of basil behind our ears, one of my cousins took his guitar, and we went serenading.
  3. (uncountable) Youthful, revitalizing, or youth-oriented ideas.

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