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it is the custom to do something
collocation
(alsoit is the custom for someone to do something)
used for saying that a way of behaving has been established for a long time:
In hot countries, it is the custom to bury people quickly.
It is the custom for a commander to give his troops a speech before a battle.
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customnoun
It was the custom to cook large quantities of different vegetables for this meal.
In those days, it was the custom to invite everyone in the village to weddings.
It has never been the custom for foreigners to operate their own boats on the Nile.
In my country, it's the custom for women to get married in white.在我国，女子结婚穿白衣是一种习俗。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Custom, tradition & conformity
Americanization
anti-classical
anti-conventional
anti-institutional
anti-traditional
conventionally
costume
counter-tradition
crowd
custom
moonraker
mores
multicultural
multiculturalism
multiculturally
traditionalist
traditionally
ultra-conservatism
ultra-conservative
ultra-traditional
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