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breed in the bone

verb

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  1. To establish or ingrain firmly within someone's nature.

    • "And for thy ill tongue, and worse practices, his lordship knows they are bred in the bone of thee."
    • Davies meticulously establishes the background, the breeding in the bone, of his hero's life.

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