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bay for blood

disapproving

Definition

If a group of people are baying for blood, they want someone to be hurt or punished: By now the crowd was baying for blood.Becoming angry and expressing anger
(Definition of bay for blood from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)