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