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[ adjective ] in the habit
Synonyms Examples "I am used to hitchhiking" "you'll get used to the idea" "...was wont to complain that this is a cold world"- Henry David Thoreau Used in print (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)It is a flavor that might take a_little getting used_to - not because it is unpleasant , but because the flavor is hard to define in the light of our experience with other fruits . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Publishers want books that will sell , recording_studios want discs that will not seem strange to ears used_to hillbilly and jazz music , grade and high_schools want quaint , but moral , material . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)I'm used_to all three , but I think the_French have the healthiest attitude '' . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)Bern demands that the Lord's_Supper be administered here as it used_to be , with unleavened_bread . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)He had ridden hard from Boston , and he was not used_to horseback . Related terms |
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