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
RadomiŁ	rah-DAW-meew	Polish
Cecilia	sə-SEE-lee-ə (English), sə-SEEL-yə (English), che-CHEE-lyah (Italian), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish), se-SEE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), se-SEEL-yah (Danish, Norwegian), SE-see-lee-ah (Finnish)	English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German
Tomi	TO-mee (Finnish)	Finnish, Hungarian, Welsh
Anatolios	-	Ancient Greek
Nabil	-	Arabic
Ann	AN	English