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.
See also: pulse, race, set

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Eulaliayoo-LAY-lee-ə (English)Spanish, Italian, English, Ancient Greek
Doroteado-ro-TE-ah (Italian, Spanish), DO-ro-te-ah (Finnish)Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Croatian
Eliana (2)-Hebrew
Jayesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Michikomee-chee-koJapanese
HermanHUR-mən (English), HER-mahn (Dutch)English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Slovene, Ancient Germanic