drop of blood

collocation in English

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drop
noun
uk
/drɒp/us
/drɑːp/
a small round-shaped amount ...
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blood
noun[U]
uk
/blʌd/us
/blʌd/
the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart, and carries oxygen and important substances to organs and tissue, and removes ...
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(Definition ofdropandbloodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdrop of blood

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The "single whitedropofblood" is a phantom sign, imagined and not empirically visible.
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We were embarrassed because we did not have adropofbloodto give in return.
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When this insect has finished feeding, a smalldropofbloodis generally left adhering to the wound.
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Is it permissible for the state to remove adropofbloodfrom one person to save the life of another?
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Its appearance every couple of years like adropofbloodin the sky led to warlike attributes in the ancient world.
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All those things could have happened without a furtherdropofbloodbeing spilt.
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They have not the determination to shed a singledropofblood.
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Any doctor can take thatdropofbloodas part of his everyday routine performance.
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There was also adropofbloodon the note.
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Adropofbloodfalls on his page.
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There wasn't adropofbloodon it.
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Not onedropofbloodappears in the actual film.
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It is time for the world to know that a drop of oil is worth adropofblood.
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First, the farmers will fight with all they have until the lastdropofbloodhas left them.
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But it rightly takes pride in the fact that not onedropofbloodstains its record.
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Would they have made the customary call to join the colours and fight to the last man and the lastdropofblood?
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Although the previous regime refused to accept your demands, it was brought down without a singledropofbloodbeing shed.
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He awarded her the hide since she had drawn the firstdropofblood.
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It automatically fills itself from a singledropofbloodor saliva.
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Be calm, they will pay with their lastdropofblood.
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When she does, adropofbloodappears from its mouth.
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Other sources say that eachdropofbloodbecame a snake.
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Can drain everydropofbloodout of nearly any being in seconds.
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Armed and in full uniform, they were resolved to defend to the lastdropofblood.
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