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it takes getting used to



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Idioms and Phrases

One needs to become accustomed to something. For example, We've always had a small car, so driving a big van like this—well, it takes getting used to . This idiom employs used to in the sense of “accustomed to,” a usage dating from the first half of the 1500s.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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