Usually means: Deeply ingrained; fundamentally inherent.
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  1. bred-in-the-bone: Merriam-Webster
  2. bred-in-the-bone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bred-in-the-bone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bred-in-the-bone: Wiktionary
  5. bred-in-the-bone: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. bred-in-the-bone: Dictionary.com
  7. bred-in-the-bone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bred-in-the-bone: A Word A Day

Definitions from Wiktionary (bred-in-the-bone)

adjective:  (idiomatic, of a habit, trait, belief, etc.) Firmly established or instilled; deep-seated.
adjective:  (idiomatic, of a person) Inveterate or habitual; long-standing.

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