force of habit

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force of habit (countable and uncountable, plural forces of habit)

  1. (idiomatic) an act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic
    "Only force of habit will explain why people today do honor to Christopher Columbus." - New York Times, 1937

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