Rut
noun
A long deep track made by repeated travel by a vehicle.
The dirt road was full of ruts after the heavy rain.
noun
A habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change.
After working the same job for 15 years, he felt stuck in a rut.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
The period of time when deer and other animals mate.
During the rut, male deer will often fight for dominance.
Often appears as...
- deer rut
- in rut
verb
Engage in sexual activity with a female mammal during the rut.
The male deer was seen rutting with several females during the breeding season.
Often appears as...
- rut with
- rutting season
verb
To make a rut or ruts in (ground).
The heavy machinery rutted the field.
noun
A long deep track made by repeated travel by a vehicle.
The dirt road was full of ruts after the heavy rain.
noun
A habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change.
After working the same job for 15 years, he felt stuck in a rut.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
The period of time when deer and other animals mate.
During the rut, male deer will often fight for dominance.
Often appears as...
- deer rut
- in rut
verb
Engage in sexual activity with a female mammal during the rut.
The male deer was seen rutting with several females during the breeding season.
Often appears as...
- rut with
- rutting season
verb
To make a rut or ruts in (ground).
The heavy machinery rutted the field.
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Repeated Travel
Think of 'rut' as a path formed by frequent movement over the same spot.
The farmer's truck created deep ruts in the mud.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Impact
'Rut' often implies damage or inconvenience caused by the repeated pressure.
Heavy rains and frequent travel turned the path into an unwelcoming rut.
Pro Tip 1/2Repeated Travel
Think of 'rut' as a path formed by frequent movement over the same spot.
The farmer's truck created deep ruts in the mud.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Impact
'Rut' often implies damage or inconvenience caused by the repeated pressure.
Heavy rains and frequent travel turned the path into an unwelcoming rut.
Pro Tip 1/2Repeated Travel
Think of 'rut' as a path formed by frequent movement over the same spot.
The farmer's truck created deep ruts in the mud.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Impact
'Rut' often implies damage or inconvenience caused by the repeated pressure.
Heavy rains and frequent travel turned the path into an unwelcoming rut.
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Then I watched it happen. And I have never seen a more energized group of leaders in my life. Really what it does is give people a framework and permission to start attacking things that aren't working. And that's what's energizing to people. They don't know the difference, Adam, between being in a groove and being in a rut.
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experience and I was telling this to a friend and he said why don't we do that as a circle of friends over a series of dinners we you know in my case is a group of friends who know each other pretty well and we can kind of get into the same rut when we hang out it's great but it was a sort of this
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Steve Keil: A manifesto...
I'm going to encourage constructive criticism. I'm going to let you challenge authority. Because it's by challenging the way things are always done is that we are able to break out of the rut that we're in and create innovative solutions to problems of today. We're not always right as leaders.
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Adam Grant: What frogs...
Those habits served me well. I started to relax more and I started to get good ratings. But just like with goals and identities, the routines that help us today can become the ruts we get trapped in tomorrow. One day, I taught a class on the importance of rethinking,
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Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
colors even at this time of the day and then there are two impalas who have given up on the ruts they've decided that it's time to be friends with each other again that fighting over ladies is getting them nowhere and so they've decided that they will peaceably feed
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Stanley McChrystal:...
I walked out feeling as low as a snake's belly in a wagon rut. And I saw my battalion commander, because I had let him down. And I went up to apologize to him, and he said, "Stanley, I thought you did great." And in one sentence,
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Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
ways all is at peace now amongst the Impala males you can see that they are not shouting at each other they're not going oh oh that's what they do of course in May and that is because the rut is over but what is very interesting
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Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...
will tell us where he is there is a beautiful one on top of the second rut is happening and these two males on the right hand side two males on the right hand side off scaring all the ladies
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Try something new for 30...
a few years ago I felt like I was stuck in a rut so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American
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Snow Leopard Hunting PIPE...
Markhor gather for their annual rut.
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The creative power of...
Then I watched it happen. And I have never seen a more energized group of leaders in my life. Really what it does is give people a framework and permission to start attacking things that aren't working. And that's what's energizing to people. They don't know the difference, Adam, between being in a groove and being in a rut.
Video examples
How to create meaningful...
experience and I was telling this to a friend and he said why don't we do that as a circle of friends over a series of dinners we you know in my case is a group of friends who know each other pretty well and we can kind of get into the same rut when we hang out it's great but it was a sort of this
Video examples
Steve Keil: A manifesto...
I'm going to encourage constructive criticism. I'm going to let you challenge authority. Because it's by challenging the way things are always done is that we are able to break out of the rut that we're in and create innovative solutions to problems of today. We're not always right as leaders.
Video examples
Adam Grant: What frogs...
Those habits served me well. I started to relax more and I started to get good ratings. But just like with goals and identities, the routines that help us today can become the ruts we get trapped in tomorrow. One day, I taught a class on the importance of rethinking,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
colors even at this time of the day and then there are two impalas who have given up on the ruts they've decided that it's time to be friends with each other again that fighting over ladies is getting them nowhere and so they've decided that they will peaceably feed
Video examples
Stanley McChrystal:...
I walked out feeling as low as a snake's belly in a wagon rut. And I saw my battalion commander, because I had let him down. And I went up to apologize to him, and he said, "Stanley, I thought you did great." And in one sentence,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 218 PIPE...
ways all is at peace now amongst the Impala males you can see that they are not shouting at each other they're not going oh oh that's what they do of course in May and that is because the rut is over but what is very interesting
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 202 PIPE...
will tell us where he is there is a beautiful one on top of the second rut is happening and these two males on the right hand side two males on the right hand side off scaring all the ladies
Video examples
Try something new for 30...
a few years ago I felt like I was stuck in a rut so I decided to follow in the footsteps of the great American
Video examples
Snow Leopard Hunting PIPE...
Markhor gather for their annual rut.
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Joy Mangano
American Inventor
If you experience that feeling of being in a rut in your life, then something's not right. A lot of people who feel that way don't take the time to say, 'O.K., well, what am I doing? Is that what I want to be doing? What is it making me feel this way?' You have to identify what specifically is making you feel stuck.
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Francesco Quinn
Italian Actor
I've lived an amazing life. There's no reason to focus on the bad. They teach you that in racing school. Keep your eye where you want your front tire to be. You don't want to be stuck in the rut? Then don't look at the rut. Always look at where you want to go.
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Kurt Vile
American Musician
I go through ups and downs in the psyche all the time, and then once you start moving again, it's amazing how you can always bounce back. You get, like, in a low rut, and you think, 'This is it; my life is a train wreck.' And then you bounce back again.
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Imogen Heap
English Musician
I get so fed up with the making of an album taking over my life - it's all I can think about or talk about. You find yourself in a rut and lacking inspiration and it's hard to get out of that because I'm working alone in the studio.
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Jessica Stroup
American Actress
When you don't feel healthy, stop the excuses and do something. Just go outside, walk, breathe. Life's too short to fall into a rut. You are in charge of you - treat yourself well, and it'll show.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.
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Hilary Mantel
English Writer
As a writer, you owe it to yourself not to get stuck in a rut of looking at the world in a certain way.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut.
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Matt Mullenweg
American Businessman
Occasionally, if I'm in a rut, I find changing location helps.
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Nipsey Russell
American Comedian
I don't want to get in a one-character rut.
Quote examples
Joy Mangano
American Inventor
If you experience that feeling of being in a rut in your life, then something's not right. A lot of people who feel that way don't take the time to say, 'O.K., well, what am I doing? Is that what I want to be doing? What is it making me feel this way?' You have to identify what specifically is making you feel stuck.
Quote examples
Francesco Quinn
Italian Actor
I've lived an amazing life. There's no reason to focus on the bad. They teach you that in racing school. Keep your eye where you want your front tire to be. You don't want to be stuck in the rut? Then don't look at the rut. Always look at where you want to go.
Quote examples
Kurt Vile
American Musician
I go through ups and downs in the psyche all the time, and then once you start moving again, it's amazing how you can always bounce back. You get, like, in a low rut, and you think, 'This is it; my life is a train wreck.' And then you bounce back again.
Quote examples
Imogen Heap
English Musician
I get so fed up with the making of an album taking over my life - it's all I can think about or talk about. You find yourself in a rut and lacking inspiration and it's hard to get out of that because I'm working alone in the studio.
Quote examples
Jessica Stroup
American Actress
When you don't feel healthy, stop the excuses and do something. Just go outside, walk, breathe. Life's too short to fall into a rut. You are in charge of you - treat yourself well, and it'll show.
Quote examples
Zig Ziglar
American Author
Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.
Quote examples
Hilary Mantel
English Writer
As a writer, you owe it to yourself not to get stuck in a rut of looking at the world in a certain way.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
Good intentions never change anything. They only become a deeper and deeper rut.
Quote examples
Matt Mullenweg
American Businessman
Occasionally, if I'm in a rut, I find changing location helps.
Quote examples
Nipsey Russell
American Comedian
I don't want to get in a one-character rut.
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