Daily life
be on autopilot
act without conscious thought
If you are on autopilot, you do something automatically without consciously thinking about each step.
Hear it in real life
Why did you put the milk in the cupboard?
I was on autopilot after a long day.
I was on autopilot and forgot to take the exit.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was in autopilot all morning.
Say: I was on autopilot all morning.
The fixed preposition is "on," not "in."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be on autopilot; do something on autopilot
Your turn: say it out loud
I was on autopilot and forgot to take the exit.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be on autopilot
act without conscious thought
“I was on autopilot and forgot to take the exit.”
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