out of character
(of an actor) playing a particular part rather than behaving as they normally do:
In between takes he always stayed in character.
They hired an actor to dress as the late president and interact in character with visitors.
This stubborn resolution was entirely in character.
The hotel is very much in character with the city's romantic image.
It was entirely in character that the politician resigned on an issue of principle.
He claimed he had spoken to his fellow actor that way because he was still in character.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Habitual and customary
accustomed
all in a day's workidiom
as a (general) ruleidiom
as a matter of courseidiom
as per usual/normalidiom
inveterately
knee-jerk
mainstreaming
make it a ruleidiom
mechanical
more often than notidiom
nine
per
prevail
pro forma
regulation
rule
surprise
surprise, surpriseidiom
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