˜yĐÄvlog

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blood sport

noun

  1. any sport involving killing or the shedding of blood, as bullfighting, cockfighting, or hunting.


blood sport

noun

  1. any sport involving the killing of an animal, esp hunting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of blood sport1

First recorded in 1890–95
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"Amanda's an awful woman, of course," he said, "a backstabbing snob who treats her children as accessories and turns every encounter with her 'mum chums' at the school gates into a blood sport."

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For decades, redistricting in Los Angeles has been something of a blood sport.

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Especially online, where pop fan allegiance can be a blood sport, the matchup became one to watch.

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He had always detested traveling except by train, but hated even more what he saw as a “blood sport” pitting performer against audience.

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It’s also an example of the plot’s relative shallowness and scripts more concerned with verbal blood sport than teasing out its characters’ interiority.

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