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born to

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born to do something
to have the natural ability to do something. This sweet-voiced artist was born to sing.
Related vocabulary: in your blood
See also: born
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To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother.
Oedipus The King by Sophocles View in context
Every child born to him by his "sisters" was put away at once.
Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
One of the lesser breed should feel honoured that a member of the holy race that was born to inherit life eternal should deign even to notice him.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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