old habit

collocation in English

meaningsofoldandhabit

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old
adjective
uk
/əʊld/us
/oʊld/
having lived or existed for ...
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habit
noun
uk
/ˈhæb.ɪt/us
/ˈhæb.ɪt/
something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are ...
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(Definition ofoldandhabitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofold habit

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It took me a while to break thisoldhabit.
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It is anoldhabit.
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But she was, understandably, seeking for the old embouchure position, wanting to go back to theoldhabit.
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I am returning to anoldhabit.
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It is simply a matter ofoldhabit.
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Many people in the country still retain theoldhabitof thrift.
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People have lost theoldhabitof getting people to come and help in the building of the house.
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We need to break ouroldhabitof having different countries saying different things and seeking different objectives.
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They are anoldhabit, a bad habit, and a bad habit which has gone a long way to becoming tradition.
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She rushes off to a bar and orders a drink, returning to anoldhabit.
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He also writes of hisoldhabitof clinging to the objects, which pays off in the new location.
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Can we get away from thisoldhabitof refusing to pay attention to the man on the spot and relying so much upon theoretical doctrines here at home?
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The figure of 7,000 litres probably related to the targets under the previous regime and theoldhabit of reporting the target production as actual production obviously died hard.
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At last their collective stack heels are planted firmly where they belong, thatoldhabitof writing classic material has been rekindled.
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He made another attempt to stop drinking alcohol with the help of a minister, but again soon returned to hisoldhabit.
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