What Does "used to have" Mean?
Learn what "used to have" means, when people say it, and how to use it naturally in English.
as a weekly tradition.
It means they regularly shared dinner every week in the past.
From The Black Thrones, Episode 17
When do people say this?
Scene Context
He refers back to a time when the group regularly ate dinner together.
Usage Scenario
Use this to describe a repeated past routine or tradition. It sounds natural in conversation, but is more descriptive than phrase-like.
Better ways to say it
We used to have dinner every week.
It was our weekly tradition to have dinner together.
We had a weekly dinner tradition.
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