house rule
Example Sentences
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The “wonderful vegan landlord,” the broker wrote, had only one house rule: “no meat/fish in the building.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023
I can’t be the only customer who has played along with the house rule only to see everything arrive in a crush, or conversely, to experience epic pauses between plates.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022
He suggests establishing a house rule to voice any grievances within 24 or 48 hours of the incident, or let it go.
From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2019
He told me to explain it as being a house rule, except we don’t have one like that.
From Slate • Nov. 11, 2019
We sat kicking our heels impatiently; the strawberries were waiting to be rinsed, but we stuck to the house rule: “No running water when strangers are downstairs—they might hear the drains.”
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
