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Meanings of break the habit in English

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Usage of break the habit in English
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Trouble is, it is hard to break the habit of a decade.
The Irish Times
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Perhaps he did, but still could not break the habit of a lifetime.
Funeral in Blue
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He couldn't break the habit of reading missing-children stories and obituaries.
Solomon's oak: a novel
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The weak economy is an opportunity to break the habit of over-promising and under-delivering.
Reuters
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The war had been going on too long for folks to break the habit.
Coalition's End
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It has just developed over the years and I'll have to break the habit somehow.
The new yorker
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Some of us managed to break the habit though.
The Irish Times
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Plato had finished his breakfast and was about to break the habit of a lifetime.
61 hours
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I couldn't break the habit of backpedaling while coasting.
Wired
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Want to break the habit and get those no-good empty calories out of your life?
The Guardian
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She was going to have to break the habit of talking through the data out loud.
Deadly little secrets
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I thought about trying to break the habit but couldn't think of a good reason I should.
Catching Fire
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Clarkson would be well advised to break the habit of a lifetime and take that threat seriously.
The Guardian
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Why break the habit of a lifetime?
The Guardian
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An air-free year can be a good way to break the habit and focus on alternatives, says Hammar.
The Guardian
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He prayed for help and at times wept over his failures to break the habit so quickly formed.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 / Sexual Inversion
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