bleed for

bleed for someone

Fig. to feel the emotional pain that someone else is feeling; to sympathize or empathize with someone. I just bled for him when I heard his sad story. We bled for her as she related her recent woes.

bleed for somebody/something

to suffer for someone or something My father said that when he was in college he was a hopeless liberal who bled for causes.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bleed for someone/something (to be injured or killed while supporting an idea or protecting your country)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chin	-	Chinese
Klotild	-	Hungarian
Whitehead	['(h)wait.hed]
Xoel	-	Galician
Urvi	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Selene	[si'li:ni]