Значение идиомы hail from
[hail from] {v.}, {informal} To have your home in; come from; befrom; especially, to have been born and raised in.
Mrs. Gardnerhails from Mississippi.
Mr. Brown and Mr. White are old friendsbecause they both hail from the same town.
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