set in one's ways

English

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Adjective

set in one's ways

1. (idiomatic) Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
   • 1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 20, in The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton:

     He's as set in his ways now as a little old man.

Synonyms

• groovy (dated), headstrong, inflexible