wave the bloody shirt (English, verb)
expansion: wave the bloody shirt (third-person singular simple present waves the bloody shirt, present participle waving the bloody shirt, simple past and past participle waved the bloody shirt)
Senses:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To mention the fallen and wars (especially the American Civil War) in an effort to draw empathy.
tags: US
slang
Forms:
form: waves the bloody shirt
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: waving the bloody shirt
tags: participle
present
form: waved the bloody shirt
tags: participle
past
form: waved the bloody shirt
tags: past