hail from (some place)

hail from (some place)

To originate from a particular place. I hail from the Midwest. Where are you from? You must hail from Boston—I'd recognize that accent anywhere. No, I don't hail from Sacramento, I just stayed here after college.

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hail from (some place)

to come from some place as one's hometown or birthplace; to originate in some place. He hails from a small town in the Midwest. Where do you hail from?

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hail from

Come from, originate from, as in He hails from Oklahoma. This term originally referred to the port from which a ship had sailed. [Mid-1800s]

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hail from

v.

To come or originate from some place: My boss hails from Texas. The governor hails from a small rural town.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.