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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That’s because, true to form in AEW, Okada really wasn’t working all that hard. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025 Will the Land-Dweller be true to form and come out with a quartz movement? Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2025 This arrangement of justice is true to form for You, which traffics in swooning gestures and cute, tidy outcomes for its protago-villain. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 But true to form, the result premiering at the Cannes Film Festival before streaming on Apple TV+ later this month is more than just a simple recording of the stage show. Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for true to form

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“True to form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/true%20to%20form. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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