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I may have been born at night, but not last night.
(USA) This is an expression used in the Southern USA meaning I am not a fool.
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The name the Black Prince chose for his eldest son had been borne by three English kings and had already become a popular name with political implications by the time Edward and his brother, Richard (b. 1367), were born.
Mr. Castresana responded as though his warning of a backlash had been borne out.
What he had sensed of himself at 16 had been borne out.
However, he said that most allegations of abuse had been borne out.
It's not surprising that these anxieties would be deepest among less-educated white males, who had been borne along by that long tide of prosperity.
A few games earlier, the idle press-box speculation had been borne out, when he was relieved of his lead-off duties and dropped to the bottom of the order.
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This has been borne out.
All these predictions have been borne out.
All these predications have been borne out.
The phenomenon has been borne out by several studies.
Corpses have been borne to funeral sites by various means.
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