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not born yesterday Definition


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born
adj
    1. Brought into being by birth.
      Example: five children born on the same day
    2. Having a specified quality or ability as a natural attribute.
      Example: a born leader
    3. Destined to do it.
      Example: born to lead men
      Form: born to something
    4. Having a specified status by birth.
      Example: Scots-born
      Example: freeborn
verb
    1. Past participle of bear1.
Idiom: in all one's born days
    colloq
    In all one's lifetime or experience.
Idiom: not born yesterday
    Alert; shrewd; not naive or foolish.
Info:
    These words are often confused with each other.


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