run in the family

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be a common feature in a particular family

   It must run in the family.

In the movies · 5

• Runs in the family, I guess. His old man, Jordan...Zero Effect1998
• It runs in the familyGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019
• It must run in the family.Steel Magnolias1989
• Breast cancer doesn't run in my family.Fight Club1999
• A little supper joint run by an Italian family. It's very intimate.Husbands and Wives1992
• ...someone must have stepped up to run the so-called family.The Dark Knight2008
• The mamas run stuff, especially in Black families.Air2023
• Do you really believe I would have a nigger run our family business, Randolph?Trading Places1983

Learn it in full scenes

• Steel Magnolias1989
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Shelby's Wedding Morning
• Fight Club1999
  • Tyler Holds a Gun on Jack
  • Narrator Cries at Support Groups
  • Narrator and Marla Expose Each Other
• Husbands and Wives1992
  • Jack and Sally Announce a Split
  • Gabe and Judy's Late-Night Talk
  • Sally Calls Jack During a Date

From the same entry

• in the family way

More idioms

• get straight
• in place
• in vain
• in public
• and things
• it will cost you
• any day
• be another different matter
• cut some slack
• get your act together
• around the corner
• at all times