Idiom
born and bred
Meaning
Showing characteristics of birth and upbringing, especially in relation to a particular location.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is a local, born and bred in this small town.”
“She knows every street in the city because she was born and bred there.”
“Although he traveled the world for decades, he remained, at his core, a man born and bred in the rugged mountains of his youth.”
Examples
simple
“He is a local, born and bred in this small town.”
contextual
“She knows every street in the city because she was born and bred there.”
complex
“Although he traveled the world for decades, he remained, at his core, a man born and bred in the rugged mountains of his youth.”
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