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used to

idiom · idiom
UK

Formsused to

2 meanings of used to

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  1. 1
    past habitidiom
    Used before a verb to say that something happened often in the past, but maybe not now.

    I used to ride my bike to school every day.

    There used to be a bakery on this corner.

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  2. 2
    familiar withidiomwith noun phrase
    So familiar with something that you accept it or do not mind it.

    It took me a month to get used to my new glasses.

    He is used to hard work on the farm.

    Similaraccustomed, familiar, inured

    Oppositeunaccustomed, unused

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Meaning 2

From used, from an old meaning of use, “to be in the habit of,” + to.

Meaning 1

From used, the past of use in an old meaning, “to be in the habit of,” + to.