accustomed to doing something

accustomed to doing something
*accustomed to someone or something & *accustomed to doing something
used to someone or something; used to or in the habit of doing something. (*Typically: be \accustomed to doing something; become \accustomed to doing something; grow \accustomed to doing something.) •

The children are accustomed to eating late in the evening.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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