make someone's blood turn cold

make someone's blood turn cold
make someone’s blood run/turn/go/cold phrase
to make someone feel suddenly very frightened or worried

Just hearing his name made her blood run cold.

Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym to make someone worried or nervoussynonym
Main entry: blood

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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