bleed for

verb3

1. •
   To suffer when fighting for.

   • In great emergencies peoples are saved by men who bleed for the people, who are willing to pay dear and deep for their devotion to righteousness. — 1896
2. •
   To feel great sympathy or compassion for; to mourn on account of.

   • He bleeds for the Negro, he bleeds for the Jew, he bleeds for the oppressed peoples. — 1967
3. •
   To receive corporal or capital punishment for.

   • The contrite hears, he hears, and lives; Bleeds for his crimes, and heav'n forgives — 1802