accustomed to

accustom (one) to (something)

To familiarize one with something. You need to accustom the new interns to the layout of the building. Seth will accustom you to this project before our next meeting. Accustom yourself to the new software before we start using it more frequently.
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accustomed to (something)

Familiar or comfortable with something. This phrase is often used to describe aspects of one's daily routine. Now that she is no longer in school, Stella has become accustomed to staying up late and sleeping until noon. I never thought I would become accustomed to this dusty old warehouse, but now I almost enjoy it here.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*accustomed to someone or something

 and *accustomed to doing something used to someone or something
; used to or in the habit of doing something. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; grow ~.) The children are accustomed to eating late in the evening.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

accustomed to

Used to something or someone; having the habit of doing something. For example, In Spain we gave up our usual schedule and became accustomed to eating dinner at 10 p.m. Professor Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady (1956) ruefully sang the song "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" after his protégé Eliza walked out on him. [Second half of 1400s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • accustom
  • accustom (one) to (something)
  • accustom to
  • accustomed
  • ease someone into (something)
  • wean
  • wean (away) from (something)
  • wean from
  • wean off (of) (something)
  • wean on
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"So far I have not publicly criticized work of the State Revenue Service because the head of the service needs time to get accustomed to the work and come up with the planned changes.
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The 'Walk The Line' star said that he could imagine it in the case of an actor like Johnny Depp, who for years has had such a level of fame that he is somewhat accustomed to it.
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Over recent years, most Muslim women and girls in this predominantly Muslim girls have been accustomed to appearing in public wearing the Islamic headdress.
Parents berated on under-age hijab
Accordingly, these donors are already accustomed to thanks and recognition programs, and will become increasingly more so in the coming years as competition amongst charitable agencies continues to grow.
How to grow good stewards
Ursula is not presented as someone accustomed to killing, nor are her friends.
Ursula's Maiden Army
"As a Brooklyn-based firm, we are accustomed to seeing brownstone used in residential construction, but this it is highly unusual to see it in such a grand commercial structure," Doban said.
Firm restores New Rochelle's old Main Street facades
Grady is too young to realize the nature of their attraction and is accustomed to acting on whims with impunity.
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The rigor and structure PMs are accustomed to imposing on a project make them especially valuable members of the security assistance team.
Building an army: program management in Afghanistan
Strikes have not decreased in number because the unions are now docile, but because, apart from excessive salary demands, they have grown accustomed to getting nearly everything they want at the bargaining table.
Let the public in: how closed negotiations with unions are hurting our schools
Sports fans have long been accustomed to stadiums taking on corporate brand names.
This soccer team is now brought to you by red bull
Phone companies, accustomed to three decades of tax dissent, tend to have forms and procedures for dealing with consumers who object to the fee.
Breaking the levy: an illegal phone tax
For a staff accustomed to working during school holiday breaks, the fact that the new West Community Library would observe abbreviated hours during College holidays was also considered.
Changing places: personnel issues of a joint use library in transition
Over the years, viewers have become accustomed to Mochetti's childlike obsession with cars, takeoffs, and explosions, and, at the same time, to his hyper-refined analysis of the immateriality and purity of form, as well as his use of laser beams.
Maurizio Mochetti: Gio Marconi
Those already accustomed to winning because of their greater investment in skilled staff would simply win more, while those not so accustomed would be in much the same position as before.
Letter: Investment in staff pays off
Plamondon is the only dancer who has performed Quijada's choreography in pointe shoes, but she forecasts that as dancers become accustomed to his style, he will integrate more pointe work into frenetic hip hop moves.
Victor Quijada: this director/choreographer/ dancer mixes hip hop with concert done, with electrifying effects