gravitate

gravitate to(ward) (someone or something)

To tend to move toward or show interest in some person, place, or thing, as if being pulled by a magnetic force. Teenagers always seem to gravitate to rebellious behavior—it's not something that's unique to your son. I just gravitate toward those kinds of artsy movies, I can't help it. The kids always seem to gravitate to Aunt Joan whenever the whole family gets together.
See also: gravitate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

gravitate to(ward) someone or something

Fig. to move slowly toward someone or something, as if being pulled by gravity. People tend to gravitate toward the kitchen at parties. Unless you correct their manners, the children will gravitate toward rude behavior.
See also: gravitate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • gravitate to
  • gravitate to(ward) (someone or something)
  • drift in
  • drift in(to) (something)
  • ain't it the truth
  • Ain't it the truth?
  • spin the bottle
  • runner
  • do a runner
  • a kick in the pants
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When my three brothers were killed last year, they were demonstrating in solidarity with the Palestinian people (most of whom gravitate towards the Sunni school of thought).
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So that's where I naturally gravitate. I also went through a really big Elvis Costello phase in high school.
Mines
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In this sense I consider plausible Benedetti's proposal to let "the nucleus of the ut pictura poesis as it is conveyed by the Tabula ..." gravitate "in that iconism of Neoplatonic and Hermetic tradition that will have one of its more completed expressions in the fifth dialogue of the first part of the Eroici furori by Giordano Bruno" (277), but that had already found a fertile ground in Ficino's work.
Stefano Benedetti. Itinerari di Cebete: Tradizione e ricezione della Tabula in Italia dal XV al XVIII secolo
In classroom and laboratory situations, the learner will demonstrate these as preferences for, or tendencies to gravitate toward, particular kinds of instruction or assessment.
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Readers likely will gravitate to specific sections rather than read this book cover to cover.
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I should be free to gravitate toward whatever music makes me happy.
Play that country music...
Kids gravitate to the Children's Discovery Garden, with its water-spouting Noah's Ark and model railroad.
A garden wonderland in Utah
The more encompassing the social milieu to which students gravitate, the higher their staying power in relation to learning.
Student Failure Must Always be Associated with Teacher Failure
"I've been a huge fan of his since the first time I saw his work, and we seemed to gravitate toward working together even without a formal arrangement," Pollack says.
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