the way of the world

the way of the world
noun
the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen
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the ordinary reader is endowed with considerable wisdom and knowledge of the way of the world

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she was well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil

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he was amazingly innocent of the ways of the world

Syn: ↑the ways of the world
Hypernyms: ↑behavior, ↑behaviour, ↑conduct, ↑doings

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the manner in which people typically behave or things typically happen (used to express one's resignation to it)

all those millions are not going to create many jobs, but that's the way of the world


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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