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[flesh and
blood] {n.} 1. A close relative (as a father, daughter,brother); close
relatives. Used in the phrase "one's own flesh andblood".
Such an answer from
her - and she's my own flesh and blood,too!
2. The appearance of being real or
alive.
The author doesn'tgive his characters any flesh and blood.
3. The
human body.
Beforechild labor laws, small children often worked 50 or 60
hours a week infactories. It was more than flesh and blood could
bear.
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