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BRED IN THE BONE

BRED IN THE BONE
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firmly instilled or established as if by heredity. The running of a truck company some guy who knows how but can't tell you how, and that sort of thingTgot it bred in the bone, and all that sort of thingTyou better not count on him in any push. TMethods of Education (25 Oct. 56)