Idiom
slip back to old ways
Meaning
to return to past bad habits
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tried to quit sugar but slipped back to old ways.”
“After a month of healthy eating, he felt tired and slipped back to old ways by ordering fast food every night.”
“Despite his sincere vow to maintain a disciplined routine, the pressures of his new position caused him to slip back to old ways of procrastination and neglect.”
Examples
simple
“He tried to quit sugar but slipped back to old ways.”
contextual
“After a month of healthy eating, he felt tired and slipped back to old ways by ordering fast food every night.”
complex
“Despite his sincere vow to maintain a disciplined routine, the pressures of his new position caused him to slip back to old ways of procrastination and neglect.”
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