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Definition

To be a characteristic feature that is observed in several generations of a family.

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In Context

  • "We could never understand why any man should choose the career of a chainsmith, except, possibly, for the reason that it ran in the family, for a more arduous and unpleasant manner of earning one's living could scarcely be imagined, unless it was the business of moulding permanent-way chairs in an iron foundry."
  • "And business runs in the family / We tend to bruise easily bad in the blood"
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