have a habit of doing something - Longman Dictionary

Be careful not to annoy the boss. · Things have a habit of disappearing there. · Things he predicts have a habit of coming true. · My teenage daughter has a habit ... haveahabitofdoingsomethingFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishhaveahabitofdoingsomethinghaveahabitofdoingsomethingifsomethinghasahabitofdoingsomething,itusuallyoroftendoesit–usedhumorously  Lifehasahabitofspringingsurprises.→habitExamplesfromtheCorpushaveahabitofdoingsomething•Becarefulnottoannoytheboss.Hehasahabitoflosinghistemper.•Thingshaveahabitofdisappearingthere.•Thingshepredictshaveahabitofcomingtrue.•Myteenagedaughterhasahabitofleavinghomewithoutherhousekey.•Weshouldn'truleoutaDemocratvictoryyet.Thesethingshaveahabitofchangingjustwhenyouleastexpectit.•Arizonanshaveahabitofembracingwealthybusinessmenwithvirtuallynoelectiveexperience.•Here,theguardshaveahabitoftouchingthewomen.•Ihaveahabitoffillingsmallsketchbookswithhourorday-longsequencesofwatercolours.•IhaveahabitofturningitoffassoonasIhearthefirstcommercial.•Low-confidencepeoplehaveahabitoftryingtoaccomplishtheimpossible.-Praiseyourselfwhenyoudosomethingwell.•Mythshaveahabitofignoringthetruth. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Cleaning Nutrition Geology Bombs&terrorism Seealltopics Wordoftheday valley anareaoflowerlandbetweentwolinesofhillsormountains,usuallywithariverflowingthroughit