Daily life
default to
automatically choose
To default to something is to fall back on it as a usual or automatic choice, especially when you have not made a deliberate alternative.
Hear it in real life
What will you cook for the guests?
I might just default to making a big curry.
If the weather is bad, we usually default to watching a film at home.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I default on ordering takeaway when I'm tired.
Say: I default to ordering takeaway when I'm tired.
Use the preposition "to," not "on," before the automatic choice.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
default to something; default to doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
If the weather is bad, we usually default to watching a film at home.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
default to
automatically choose
“If the weather is bad, we usually default to watching a film at home.”
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