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be par for the course

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be par for the course
if the way something happens or is done is par for the course, it happens or is done as you would expect, especially when you do not think this is very good
Usage notes: In golf, par is the number of times you would expect to hit the ball in order to get it in the hole.
'Gareth was half an hour late.' 'That's just par for the course, isn't it?'
See also: course, par


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Bureaucratic delay and mixed messages may be par for the course in Washington, but they have no place in the real world, meaning the business community, and with the marine and aviation users who rely on Loran.
 
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