knee-jerkadjective
uk/ˈniː.dʒɜːk/us/ˈniː.dʒɝːk/disapprovingknee-jerk reaction, response, etc.
a quick reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully
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Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- need
- nine
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
- usual
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