(some) new blood

(some) new blood
(some) new blood & fresh blood
Fig. new personnel; new members brought into a group to revive it. •

This company needs some new blood on its board to bring in new ideas.

We're trying to get some new blood in the club. Our membership is falling.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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