true to form

true to form

exactly as expected; following the usual pattern. (Often with running, as in the example.) As usual, John is late. At least he's running true to form. And true to form, Mary left before the meeting was adjourned.

See also: form, true

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true to form/type

if someone does something true to form, they behave in the bad way that you would expect them to True to form, she turned up an hour later than we'd arranged.

See show in true colours

See also: form, true

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true to form

as can be expected True to form, he tried to get out of helping wash the dishes.

See also: form, true