swear off

swear off
verb
promise to abstain from (Freq. 2)
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I have sworn off cigarettes altogether

• Hypernyms: ↑promise, ↑assure
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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RENOUNCE, forswear, forgo, abstain from, go without, shun, avoid, eschew, steer clear of; give up, dispense with, stop, discontinue, drop; informal kick, quit; Brit. informal jack in.
→ swear

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phrasal
: to vow to abstain from : renounce

has sworn off drinking

since his illness, he has had to swear off tennis

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swear off
To renounce, promise to give up
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Main Entry: ↑swear

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ˌswear ˈoff [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they swear off he/she/it swears off present participle swearing off past tense swore off past participle sworn off] phrasal verb
to promise to stop doing or using something

The headache I got was almost enough to make me swear off wine forever.

Thesaurus: to give up doing somethingsynonym to not use something, or to save something for latersynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym
Main entry: swear

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swear off [phrasal verb]
swear off (something) chiefly US : to stop doing, having, or being involved in (something)

He was so disgusted by the election results that he swore off politics for good.

She tried to swear off chocolate, but she couldn't do it.

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Main Entry: ↑swear

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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