new blood

noun

: persons who are accepted into a group or organization and are expected to provide fresh ideas and vitality : fresh blood

… the social exclusivity common in this class in the early part of the century, which served to limit new blood and ideas …

—Anne H. Soukhanov

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for new blood

• lifeblood
• youngblood
• bud
• crud
• dud
• flood
• mud
• rud
• scud
• spud
• stud
• thud