Idiom
force of habit
Meaning
An act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I checked my phone by force of habit.”
“He still drives to his old office every morning by force of habit, even though he retired last month.”
“She reached for the light switch in the hallway by force of habit, forgetting that the power had been out since the storm began.”
Examples
simple
“I checked my phone by force of habit.”
contextual
“He still drives to his old office every morning by force of habit, even though he retired last month.”
complex
“She reached for the light switch in the hallway by force of habit, forgetting that the power had been out since the storm began.”
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