in one's bones

English

Prepositional phrase

in one's bones

  1. (idiomatic) (of a feeling, belief, etc.) Derived from instinct, intuition, or an ingrained inclination.
    He understood in his bones that the odds were not in his favor.
    She could feel the rhythm in her bones.

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“in one's bones”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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