Learn English – Can we grow a habit

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What are verbs that we can use in a collocation with the noun habit? Particularly, Is using "to grow" correct as in the following example sentence? Is it standard English?

When people can realize that using the machine can be much more time-saving,
they will grow a habit to use it eventually.

I saw in Longman Dictionary that the verbs create,form,develop are used and make/get into the habit of doing something are more common patterns but I also saw many times that "growing a habit" is used on the Internet.

Best Answer

Usually a habit is developed over time, or an action becomes a habit.

If one is not careful, social smoking can become a real smoking habit.

However, the first thing that came to mind with

grow (your) habit

was that, with the legalization of marijuana, one might literally be able to

grow one's habit

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