breed in the bone (English, verb)
expansion: breed in the bone (third-person singular simple present breeds in the bone, present participle breeding in the bone, simple past and past participle bred in the bone)
Senses:
qualifier: personal characteristic
glosses: To establish or ingrain firmly within someone's nature.
tags: idiomatic
usually
raw_tags: of a habit
Forms:
form: breeds in the bone
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breeding in the bone
tags: participle
present
form: bred in the bone
tags: participle
past
form: bred in the bone
tags: past