set in one's ways
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
- (idiomatic) Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
- 1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 20, in The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton:
- He's as set in his ways now as a little old man.
Synonyms[edit]
- groovy (dated), headstrong, inflexible