verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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He is so accustomed to taking charge, and so fearful of intrusions, that he feels he can trust only himself.
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But we were so accustomed to it that we hardly even thought to conceive otherwise.
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Maybe they were so accustomed to their job that they thought this was hilarious.
to
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They could not produce a new conversation in the milliseconds that they were accustomed to .
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The middle-aged may want to preserve an order they are accustomed to, or perhaps their careers.
■ NOUN
people
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The oral media have accustomed people to continual and infinitely practicable mutability.
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A cavalier Southerner, he was hot-blooded, self-confident, accustomed to swaying people through his force of personality.
■ VERB
become
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BUsers of conventional phones have long become accustomed to Bfree 911 access as a public right.
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The higher the education the higher priced drinks they become accustomed to.
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Men believed that a person could become accustomed to confinement.
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Besides, she had become accustomed to Sally.
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People tend to adjust the volume upward as their ears become accustomed to a given sound intensity.
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We live in an age of niche markets, in which customers have become accustomed to high quality and extensive choice.
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It takes a day at least for me to become accustomed to the motion of the ship.
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It was a bleak existence, but what struck Joe was how easily he and his fellow internees became accustomed to it.
get
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You have got to accustom yourself to the book that is written from several different viewpoints.
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Your eyes get accustomed to the dark and you see the waitress is naked.
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After nine months as people were getting accustomed to feeling well, they were less compliant with their follow up data.
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She could never get accustomed to motel trysts.
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They get accustomed to humdrum research and will create more when the current assignment runs dry.
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Frankie's in for an education as he gets accustomed to a whole world he has no experience with.
grow
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During her six months at the lab, Faith and the others have grown accustomed to the testing.
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He grew accustomed to feeling inexpert and out of his depth.
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He had grown accustomed to Salomon Brothers' bonus sessions, where he had rarely got more than he expected.
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As our eyes grow accustomed to the dark, we tell each other bits of plot, funny lines, odd facts.
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The Raiders have grown accustomed to their defensive problems by now.
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It was awash with phosphorescence, which grew brighter minute by minute as their eyes grew accustomed to the scene.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be accustomed to (doing) sth
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I'm not accustomed to getting up so early.
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Steph was accustomed to a regular paycheck.
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A judge, however, perhaps more than any other person, is accustomed to making and announcing his decisions in public.
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Allen Iverson had been spectacular, but he is accustomed to that.
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I am accustomed to a political argument that cuts to the core.
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Pagans were accustomed to using temples as safe-deposits for their treasures.
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She was accustomed to hanging up her own coat.
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The two girls were accustomed to not talking at meals.
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Watson, I am accustomed to being baffled by complexity.
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We are accustomed to the infinite length of the horizon all about us.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A worn out slob, he can not accustom himself to the idea of women playing the sport seriously.