Daily life
out of habit
because it is routine
You do something out of habit when you do it automatically because you have done it regularly before.
Hear it in real life
Why did you take the old bus route?
I did it out of habit.
I opened the fridge out of habit, even though I had just eaten.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I check my phone from habit.
Say: I check my phone out of habit.
The usual fixed preposition is “out of,” not “from.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
do something out of habit; check something out of habit
Your turn: say it out loud
I opened the fridge out of habit, even though I had just eaten.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
out of habit
because it is routine
“I opened the fridge out of habit, even though I had just eaten.”
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