单词 | swear off |
释义 | swear offSEE SYNONYMS FOR swear off ON THESAURUS.COM verb(intr, preposition) to promise to abstain from somethingto swear off drink Words nearby swear offswear by, swear in, swearing-in, swear jar, swear like a trooper, swear off, swear on a stack of Bibles, swear out, swear to, swearword, sweat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with swear offswear off Pledge to renounce or give up, as in I've sworn off cigarettes. This expression was first used for abjuring liquor in the first half of the 1800s but has since been broadened to just about anything. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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