"force of habit" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"Only force of habit will explain why people today do honor to Christopher Columbus.\" - New York Times, 1937"
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          "text": "The Tin Woodman lay down on his bed from force of habit, for he remembered when he was made of flesh; but not being able to sleep, he passed the night moving his joints up and down to make sure they kept in good working order.",
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        "an act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic"
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        "(idiomatic) an act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic"
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          "sense": "automatic act",
          "word": "macht der gewoonte"
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          "sense": "automatic act",
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          "word": "Macht der Gewohnheit"
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          "sense": "automatic act",
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          "word": "siła przyzwyczajenia"
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          "sense": "automatic act",
          "word": "por costumbre"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "automatic act",
          "word": "por hábito"
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          "text": "\"Only force of habit will explain why people today do honor to Christopher Columbus.\" - New York Times, 1937"
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        "(idiomatic) an act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic"
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      "sense": "automatic act",
      "word": "macht der gewoonte"
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      "sense": "automatic act",
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      "sense": "automatic act",
      "word": "por costumbre"
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