donate/give blood
idiom
: to have blood taken out of one's body so that it can be put into the body of a person who needs it
She donates/gives blood twice a year.
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Staff at Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, urged people to donate blood because of the overwhelming number of casualties.
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 18 May 2025
On Thursday, Eric Moore, 29, was sitting on a folding chair in a parking lot on Canal Street, waiting along with dozens of other volunteers to give blood.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
So many people rushed to donate blood to survivors of the initial blasts, including in areas that are politically hostile to Hezbollah, that as Friday’s casualties streamed into hospitals Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health issued a statement that the blood banks were full.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Area residents can make an appointment or drop in during the event to donate blood.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
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Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 18 May 2025
On Thursday, Eric Moore, 29, was sitting on a folding chair in a parking lot on Canal Street, waiting along with dozens of other volunteers to give blood.
—Rick Rojas, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
So many people rushed to donate blood to survivors of the initial blasts, including in areas that are politically hostile to Hezbollah, that as Friday’s casualties streamed into hospitals Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health issued a statement that the blood banks were full.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Area residents can make an appointment or drop in during the event to donate blood.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
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“Donate/give blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/donate%2Fgive%20blood. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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