get a habit
1get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …
2get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …
3get — 1. range of use. Get is one of the most frequently used and most productive words in English. Often it has virtually no meaning in itself and draws its meaning almost entirely from its context, especially in idiomatic uses such as get to bed, get …
4habit - custom — ◊ habit A habit is something that an individual person does often or regularly, usually for no particular reason. He had a nervous habit of biting his nails. I wish I could get out of this habit. ◊ custom A custom is something done by the people… …
5get — 1 Get, obtain, procure, secure, acquire, gain, win are comparable and often interchangeable when they mean to come into possession of. Get is very general in its meaning and simple and familiar in its use. Thus, one may get something by fetching… …
6get into of the way of (doing) something — get into/out of the way of (doing) sth idiom to become used to doing sth/to lose the habit of doing sth • The women had got into the way of going up on the deck every evening. Main entry: ↑wayidiom …
7get out of the way of (doing) something — get into/out of the way of (doing) sth idiom to become used to doing sth/to lose the habit of doing sth • The women had got into the way of going up on the deck every evening. Main entry: ↑wayidiom …
8habit — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ annoying, antisocial (BrE), bad, dangerous, destructive, dirty, disconcerting (BrE), disgusting, filthy, horrible …
9habit — n. custom usual manner 1) to acquire, develop, form a habit 2) to make a habit of smt. 3) to get into a habit 4) to break a habit; to get out of a habit; (slang) to kick the habit 5) to break smb. of a habit 6) an annoying; bad; entrenched,… …
10Habit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Habit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 habit habit habitude Sgm: N 1 assuetude| assuetude| assuefaction| wont Sgm: N 1 run run way GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 common state of things …