Usually means: Originate or come from somewhere.
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  1. hail from: Merriam-Webster
  2. hail from: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hail from: Wiktionary
  4. hail from: Dictionary.com
  5. hail from: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. hail from: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hail from: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hail from)

▸ verb:  To be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence.

Similar:
come from, originate from, be from, aloha, dall, fall, hailstone, halloo, pass, raindrop, more...

Opposite:
originate from, come from, be from

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Similar:
come from, originate from, be from, aloha, dall, fall, hailstone, halloo, pass, raindrop, more...

Opposite:
originate from, come from, be from



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