born and bred

phrase

—used to refer to where one's birth and childhood took place

He's Mexican born and bred.

Examples of born and bred in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the transition out of Netflix and onto bigger screens has proven a perilous one for other actors born and bred on the streamer. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

With an ecosystem as capricious as this, the local wildlife is born and bred to go with the flow—think gentle-but-giant humpback whales, colonies of industrious beavers, and torpedoing peregrine falcons, the fastest animals on Earth. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026

Jon Hamm was on the New Heights podcast Wednesday where the Kelce brothers talked football with the born and bred Midwesterner. — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026

Dusty May, Indiana born and bred and a former manager at IU, went to Ann Arbor. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for born and bred

• abovesaid
• aforesaid
• arrowhead
• casinghead
• copperhead
• figurehead
• fountainhead
• gingerbread
• hammerhead
• infrared
• leatherhead
• letterhead