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Unspoken rule
noun
A rule that is understood but does not exist in written form.
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An unspoken rule forbids trying hard.
Overly flashy processing, by some unspoken rule, seemed like cheating.
And how does this unspoken rule apply to twins?
There was an unspoken rule that you never pushed for your own pieces, ever.
"There is an unspoken rule in entrepreneurial culture that your look should be laid back".
But there's no unspoken rule that suggests you can just walk out the door with it.
Ms. Reiniger said there's an "unspoken rule" that entrepreneurs need an exit to validate themselves.
Still, there's an unspoken rule that almost always social circles are divided by color.
-- At Washington's elite inaugural parties, there's an unspoken rule: don't gloat, don't pout, and be civil.
Women, by then, had utterly rejected the unspoken rule of feminine discretion.
There is an unspoken rule in Albany that budget negotiations are held in the strictest secrecy.
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