From Cambridge dictionary:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/britanico/habit_1?q=habits
B1 [C or U] something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowingthat you are doing it: OUT OF HABITI always buy the same brand of toothpaste just out of (= because of) habit.TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF + -ING VERBI'm trying not to get into (= start) the habit of always having biscuits with my coffee.TO GET OUT OT THE HABITI used to swim twice a week, but I seem to have got out of (= ended) the habitrecently.TO PICK UP BAD HABITSI was taught to drive by my boyfriend and I'm afraid I've picked up (= caught) some of his bad habits.His eating habits are extraordinary.TO BREAK THE HABIT OF + -ING VERBI'm trying to get him to break (= end intentionally) the habit of switching on the TV when he comes home at night.TO MAKE A HABIT OF STHG.I don't mind being woken up once or twice in the middle of the night by my flatmateso long as she doesn't make a habit of it (= do it frequently).TO BE IN THE HABIT OF + -ING VERBI'm not really in the habit of looking at (= I don't usually look at) other people'sclothes, but even I noticed that awful suit!B2 [C] something annoying that someone often does:She has a habit of finishing off other people's sentences.B2 [C] a strong physical need to keep having a particular drug:a cocaine habitfigurative humorous I'm afraid I've got a chocolate habit.
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