run true to form

run true to form

To behave or act in the expected manner or way. The election has run true to form so far, full of little else but smear tactics and mudslinging. Susie's attendance has always been pretty erratic and, running true to form, she didn't come to today's meeting.
See also: form, run, true
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • run to form
  • bang (people's) heads together
  • bang people's heads together
  • bang your/their/our heads together
  • act (one's) age
  • act one's age
  • act your age
  • Act your age!
  • act/be your age
  • amuk
References in periodicals archive
Watson's Red Stables have made a modest start to the new season, posting just six wins so far, but the American handler can buck the trend should his horses run true to form.
"You do that and try and pre-empt who will win against whom, but it doesn't always run true to form."
If things run true to form, there will be months, possible even years of claim and counter-claim.
IT made a pleasant change from recent shocks to see both Tuesday's televised finals, the Showsec Security Scurry Cup and the Wafcol Cock O'The North, run true to form.
If events run true to form in a few years some other fake sheikh will get into one of Her Maj's motors and reveal all to a Sunday scandal sheet.
IF THINGS have run true to form then Robinho will have been telling the world how he has been a Chelsea fan since he was a lad in the run-down part of Sao Vicente and it has always been his dream to play at Stamford Bridge ...
He has run true to form over the past two years and has diverted hardly at all from his long history of dogged obedience to the President, which often has come at the cost of institutional independence and adherence to the rule of law.
If you run true to form you will have your say, all be it with a few choice words, then tomorrow you will have forgotten all about it, Aries.
"We want to run true to form, and if that happens and someone else slips, we could be waiting on the doorstep."
The past few years have run true to form for these machines, as sales have taken off just like the economy in 2004 and are heading for higher territory in 2005 after being down from 2001 through 2003.
If extra-time had run true to form, it would have been gap-toothed Roberts grinning from ear-to-ear, instead of slumped on the half-way line as the Birmingham players celebrated with their fans.
I don''t suppose ordinary people would want another socialist in charge, they all run true to form sooner or later.
THE mood was buoyant in the Exotic Dancer camp after the nine-year-old had run true to form to finish 15 lengths behind Kauto Star.
"If things run true to form, the North East could find itself ignored if the Government does decide that something needs to be done in social housing.
They all run true to form. Herdman delivers them with singing and storytelling skills honed over a quarter of a century, and they fit snugly in the album's "journey" concept.