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KMagic Posted 13 years ago
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What does "run in" mean?

First of all, there is, in some people, a moderate genetic predisposition to be happy: in other words, happiness runs in families.
  

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It's an idiom. If something runs in the family, It means that (relatively) many people in the family have a particular quality (happiness in this case).

  • It's an idiom.
  • If something runs in the family, It means that (relatively) many people in the family have a particular quality (happiness in this case).
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It's an idiom. If something runs in the family, It means that (relatively) many people in the family have a particular quality (happiness in this case).

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