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hail from
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
But barred owls — which originally hail from the eastern U.S. — are more aggressive, less picky about food and reproduce faster, allowing them to outcompete their fellow raptors.
Most of our imported eggs hail from Canada.
The idea is to pare back the number of barred owls — which originally hail from the Eastern U.S. — to give the beleaguered spotted owls a fighting chance on their home turf.
Along with Prince, other key members of the group hail from the upper echelons of Blackwater, a private military contractor that provided security services for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Most hail from swing states that voted for President Joe Biden in 2020 and then flipped to Trump in 2024.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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