- break a habit
- to stop doing something that is a habit, especially something bad or harmful
Interrupting others is annoying, so try to break the habit.
English dictionary. 2014.
break a habit
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break a habit — phrase to stop doing something that is a habit, especially something bad or harmful Interrupting others is annoying, so try to break the habit. Thesaurus: to give up doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym Main entry: break … Useful english dictionary
break a habit — stop doing a daily activity: drinking coffee, smoking Laurie can t seem to break her habit of writing on her hands … English idioms
break the habit — break (or informal kick) the habit stop engaging in a habitual practice … Useful english dictionary
break a habit — kick a habit, weaning off of an addiction … English contemporary dictionary
Why break the habit of a lifetime? — British & Australian, humorous something that you say which means that you do not believe that someone will stop doing something bad that they have done all their lives. I must stop writing my essays the night before the deadline. Why break the… … New idioms dictionary
break through the shackles of habit — break the habit, change the ways to which one is accustomed … English contemporary dictionary
break — break1 W1S1 [breık] v past tense broke [brəuk US brouk] past participle broken [ˈbrəukən US ˈbrou ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(separate into pieces)¦ 2¦(bones)¦ 3¦(machines)¦ 4¦(rules/laws)¦ 5¦(promise/agreement)¦ 6¦(stop/rest)¦ 7¦(end something)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
habit — hab|it W3S3 [ˈhæbıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(usual/regular)¦ 2¦(drugs)¦ 3 not make a habit of (doing) something 4 I m not in the habit of doing something 5 have a habit of doing something 6 old habits die hard 7 habit of thought/mind 8¦(clothing)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬… … Dictionary of contemporary English
habit — n. custom usual manner 1) to acquire, develop, form a habit 2) to make a habit of smt. 3) to get into a habit 4) to break a habit; to get out of a habit; (slang) to kick the habit 5) to break smb. of a habit 6) an annoying; bad; entrenched,… … Combinatory dictionary
break — [[t]bre͟ɪk[/t]] ♦ breaks, breaking, broke, broken 1) V ERG When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped. [V n] He fell through the window, breaking the glass … English dictionary
