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  1. in your blood. used for describing something that is a very important part of you and seems natural to you, for example because it is traditional in your family or culture. Trilok has music in his blood. `I was born into a family of musicians.'. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary.

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  2. Meaning: A trait or liking that is deeply ingrained in someone's personality and unlikely to change is in their blood. A similar idiom is 'in his DNA.'. Country: International English | Subject Area: Body and bodily functions | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used. Contributor: Judy Gillispie.

  3. COMMON If something is in your blood, it is a very important part of you and seems natural to you, for example because it is traditional in your family or culture. Trilok has music in his blood. `I was born into a family of musicians.' The sea was in his blood — his father had been a marine.

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  5. To be innate, as of a skill or quality. All of my relatives are doctors—medical prowess is just in our blood. She knows how to play. Music is in her blood. That type of passion can't be taught—it's just in your blood.

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  8. This edition first published 2003 as Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary. Reprinted 2003. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc. Typeface Nimrod, Frutiger®. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data applied for.

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