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set (someone's) pulse racing
set (someone's) pulse racing
To excite, thrill, or exhilarate someone. You could feel it in the air that the singer's performance was setting everyone's pulse racing. Her quick, sultry glances from across the room set my pulse racing.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Wei | | - | Chinese |
| Hilditrut | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Stephanie | | STEF-ə-nee (English), SHTE-fah-nee (German) | English, German |
| Hypatia | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Evelina | | e-ve-LEE-nah (Italian, Swedish) | English, Italian, Swedish |
| Babbage | | [bə'beidʒ] | |