rut
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5.5
- noun
- /rʌt/
- Informal
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rutina
- After years of doing the same thing, I felt like I was stuck in a rut and needed a change.
- get into a rut
- fall into a rut
- same old rut
But don't give in to the rut and the funk even though you want to.
- But don't give in to the rut and the funk even though you want to.
- And then I started to fall into this rut where just felt completely, completely lost.
- I will get out of this rut, but it just just takes some time.
- And over time, those responses fall into kind of ruts and patterns that can just be repeated endlessly.
- Your creativity, because what your mind does, it's a series of well worn ruts.
- We need some kind of peak experience to knock us out of our, our normal rut.
- So two weeks now it's been and I still and not completely out of my rut.
- Sometimes you have to annoy them just to get them to break out of the ruts that their thinking is in.
- And before long, one of those two reasons can convince us back into that familiar rut.
- And the chart can really help people feel seen and validated, but then not stuck in that rut, you know?
- Like why don't I care that I'm stuck in this rut or why don't I care that she's dragging me down this weird Rd.
Examples
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And so maybe you need to break out of your rut and go play on a different medium.
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Nobody ever plans to get in a rut.
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And then I started to fall into this rut where just felt completely, completely lost.
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I will get out of this rut, but it just just takes some time.
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How do we get out of this rut or how do we find that next thing to do?
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I mean, I am really in a rut and I have been in this rut for 25 years!
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The fact is, you guys, you got stuck in a rut.
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You are stuck in a rut.
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Then we wonder why our relationships get stuck in a rut and we feel unhappy.
Blog text (3) -
I was stuck in a rut professionally, personally, just stuck.
Synonyms
62
5.6
A regular way of doing things that becomes hard to change
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Etymology
Rut (noun, boring routine) is a picture word: it comes from the idea of being stuck in the same groove or track, so a 'rut' is a habit or routine that is hard to change.