born and bred
Raised from birth
Born and bred describes someone who was both born in a place and raised there, emphasizing deep roots and authentic local identity: a New Yorker born and bred, She's Texas born and bred.
The phrase often carries pride in one's origins or implies that local character has been thoroughly absorbed.
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- surroundingsArea around something
- nativeOriginating from a place
- native sonMan of his birthplace
- hometownOne's place of origin
local boy · home turf · old stomping grounds · small town · legacy · provenance · formative years · homeland · inheritance · traditions · lineage · blood ties · through and through · customs · upbringing · connection · roots · ancestry
born and bredtransplanted
Moved from original location
transplant · newcomer · outsider · immigrant · blow-in
born and bredadopted
Made legally one's own
converted · naturalized · assimilated · wannabe · Johnny-come-lately
born, bred, bore, borne, unborn, newborn, firstborn, stillborn, inborn