English · Idiom Candidate

born and bred

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Raised from birth in a particular place or environment

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

được nuôi dưỡng từ khi sinh ra trong một nơi hoặc môi trường cụ thể

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Literally: born and nurtured

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

David MacKinlay was a Lewisach born and bred, educated at Stornoway who made good in the outside world.

and have got to get out of it,’ says the Ipswich born and bred schemer.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “born and bred” mean?

Raised from birth in a particular place or environment Literally: born and nurtured

Is “born and bred” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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