stir someone's blood

stir someone's blood (third-person singular simple present stirs someone's blood, present participle stirring someone's blood, simple past and past participle stirred someone's blood)

1. (idiomatic) To rouse the spirits of
   • 2023 September 12, Phil McNulty, “Scotland 1-3 England: 'Complete package' Jude Bellingham puts concluding flourish on world-class performance”, in BBC Sport‎:

     The build-up to the game carried all the hallmarks of this great old rivalry with noise, colour, pyrotechnics and a rousing rendition of Flower Of Scotland to stir the blood of Scottish fans - not that it needed much stirring once they caught sight of England's white shirts.