wave the bloody shirt
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wave the bloody shirt (third-person singular simple present waves the bloody shirt, present participle waving the bloody shirt, simple past and past participle waved the bloody shirt)
- (US politics, slang) To mention martyrs and wars (especially the American Civil War) in an effort to draw empathy.