English · Idiom Candidate

true to form

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Acting consistently with someone's character or expectations

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Hành động nhất quán với nhân cách hoặc kỳ vọng của ai đó

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: accurately representing a pattern

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

And then, if everything ran true to form, the undamaged clays would sail down to a landing somewhere out of sight.

Now to see if he is true to form.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “true to form” mean?

Acting consistently with someone's character or expectations Literally: accurately representing a pattern

Is “true to form” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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