Meaning & use
Ingrain
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To firmly fix an idea, habit, or attitude so deeply that it becomes a permanent part of someone's character.
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Years of discipline had ingrained punctuality into every soldier.
The company tries to ingrain its core values in every new hire from day one.
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The word originally referred to dyeing fabric "in grain," using a dye so deeply absorbed it would never fade, and that idea of permanence carries into its modern figurative use.
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