the cradle of sth
literarythe place where something started:
Fossil records indicate that Africa was the cradle of early human evolution.
the cradle of civilization
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- be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc. idiom
- beginning
- birthplace
- born
- breeding ground
- come from somewhere/sth
- emanate from/through sth/sb
- fount
- genesis
- hail from somewhere
- issue
- issue from sth
- recipe
- root
- seed
- son
- source
- stem
- stem from sth
- ur-
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