true to form
idiom
: 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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Re: the Clasico, La Liga stays true to form by having the first installment of the fixture in October, on the 26th, and the second in May.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Some are true to form while others merely borrow elements from the immersive playbook but don’t fully deliver.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Coolidge, true to form, never offered an explanation.
—Amity Shlaes, National Review, 12 June 2025
That’s because, true to form in AEW, Okada really wasn’t working all that hard.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Some are true to form while others merely borrow elements from the immersive playbook but don’t fully deliver.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
Coolidge, true to form, never offered an explanation.
—Amity Shlaes, National Review, 12 June 2025
That’s because, true to form in AEW, Okada really wasn’t working all that hard.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
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“True to form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20to%20form. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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