accustomed to

Idioms  

1. Used to something or someone; having the habit of doing something. For example, In Spain we gave up our usual schedule and became accustomed to eating dinner at 10 p.m. Professor Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady (1956) ruefully sang the song “I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face” after his protégé Eliza walked out on him. [Second half of 1400s]

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accustomed to

What is more, companies at that point had grown accustomed to borrowing for nearly nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Contemporary Americans have grown accustomed to viewing the Supreme Court as the ultimate check on majority rule.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

Increasingly, Americans seem accustomed to doing that sort of detective work themselves.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Defence barrister Andrew Ford KC suggested Irwin was accustomed to complying with his mother's wishes over many years, and was a man of lower than average intellectual functioning.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

As she grew accustomed to the dimness, she looked around her.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien