1. Home
  2. Idioms
  3. set in (one's) ways

set in (one's) ways

set in (one's) ways

Inflexible; unwilling to change. Grandma will never retire—she's been a teacher for 50 years and is totally set in her ways. You'll never convince him to change, he's too set in his ways now.
See also: set, way

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sampson (1)-Biblical Greek
OliverAHL-ə-vər (English), AW-lee-ver (German), O-lee-ver (Finnish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech
HesiodHES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
AattoAH:T-toFinnish
IngeburgING-e-buwrk (German)German, Ancient Germanic
BridgerBRIJ-ərEnglish (Modern)
Copyright © IMWord Privacy Policy