true to form (or type)

true to form (or type)
true to form (or type)
being or behaving as expected.
true

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  • true to form — ► true to form (or type) being or behaving as expected. Main Entry: ↑true …   English terms dictionary

  • true to form — true to form/type/ phrase used for saying that someone is doing exactly what you expected because this is what they usually do True to form, Tony asked to borrow some more money. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s personalityhyponym… …   Useful english dictionary

  • true to form — true to form/type if someone does something true to form, they behave in the bad way that you would expect them to. True to form, she turned up an hour later than we d arranged …   New idioms dictionary

  • true to form — Synonyms and related words: appropriate, characteristic, distinctive, distinguished, distinguishing, exemplary, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, in character, intrinsic, marked, natural, naturalistic, normal, peculiar, proper, quintessential, realistic …   Moby Thesaurus

  • true — ► ADJECTIVE (truer, truest) 1) in accordance with fact or reality. 2) rightly or strictly so called; genuine: true love. 3) real or actual. 4) accurate and exact. 5) (of a note) exactly in tune. 6) co …   English terms dictionary

  • true to type — ► true to form (or type) being or behaving as expected. Main Entry: ↑true …   English terms dictionary

  • true — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 in accordance with fact or reality (a true story). 2 genuine; rightly or strictly so called; not spurious or counterfeit (a true friend; the true heir to the throne). 3 (often foll. by to) loyal or faithful (true to one s… …   Useful english dictionary

  • true — adjective (truer, truest) 1》 in accordance with fact or reality.     ↘rightly or strictly so called; genuine: true love.     ↘real or actual. 2》 accurate or exact.     ↘(true to) accurately conforming to (a standard or expectation).     ↘(of a… …   English new terms dictionary

  • true to type — true to form/type if someone does something true to form, they behave in the bad way that you would expect them to. True to form, she turned up an hour later than we d arranged …   New idioms dictionary

  • true to type — true to form/type/ phrase used for saying that someone is doing exactly what you expected because this is what they usually do True to form, Tony asked to borrow some more money. Thesaurus: words used to describe someone s personalityhyponym… …   Useful english dictionary

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