Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

hail from



Discover More

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]
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

If the sole predictor of who would become the next Pope was where the Catholic Church is growing fastest, then it is almost certain he would hail from Africa.

From

When the Argentine-born Pope Francis was chosen at the previous conclave in 2013, he became the first pontiff ever to hail from South America, a region that accounts for roughly 28% of the world's Catholics.

From

Irvine will be well represented this year as Cayden Wang from Crean Lutheran and Rishvanth Krishna, playing for University, both hail from the Orange County city.

From

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.

From

Most of our imported eggs hail from Canada.

From

Advertisement

Related Words

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.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


hail-fellow-well-methailing distance