true to form
Definition of true to form
: behaving or proceeding in the usual and expected way Her latest movie is/runs true to form. True to form, he was 20 minutes late for the meeting.
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: being in accordance with the actual state of affairs
: conformable to an essential reality
: fully realized or fulfilled
: in accordance with fact or reality
: without deviation
: without variation from type
: truth, reality
: to make level, square, balanced, or concentric : bring or restore to a desired mechanical accuracy or form
: the shape and structure of something as distinguished from its material
: a body (as of a person) especially in its external appearance or as distinguished from the face : figure
: beauty
: to give a particular shape to : shape or mold into a certain state or after a particular model
: to arrange themselves in
: to model by instruction and discipline
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