Synonyms:
rut
Meaning: a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
Synonyms:
rut, groove
Meaning: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
Usage examples
Suddenly, they saw its back end drop down, as into a rut, and the gee-pole, with Hal clinging to it, jerk into the air.
It is barely possible that things might have presently settled down into their old rut and the mystery have lost the bulk of its romantic sublimity in Laura's eyes, if the village gossips could have quieted down.