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What (who) is swear off - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Swear song; Swear (disambiguation); Swearing (disambiguation); Swore; Swear (song)

swear off      
informal promise to abstain from.
swear         
v.
1) to swear solemnly
2) (B) ('to promise solemnly') they swore allegiance to the government
3) (D) intr.) ('to curse') to swear at (he swore at them)
4) (d; intr.) ('to rely completely') to swear by (everyone swears by her remedy for a cold)
5) (d; intr.) to swear to ('to confirm solemnly') (to swear to the truth of a statement)
6) (d; tr.) ('to bind solemnly') to swear to (to swear smb. to secrecy)
7) (E) ('to promise solemnly') she swore to tell the truth
8) (L; to) ('to promise solemnly') she swore (to us) that she would tell the truth
9) (misc.) to swear on the Bible; to swear like a trooper ('to use obscene language freely'); to swear smb. into office
swore         
Swore is the past tense of swear
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Wikipedia

Swear

Swear or Swearing may refer to:

  • Making an oath, also known as swearing an oath
  • Profanity
  • "Swear" (The Walking Dead), a 2016 television episode of The Walking Dead
Examples of use of swear off
1. Further, Page urged Imus to swear off "homophobic epithets . . . xenophobia . . . no more mocking Indians as Gunga Din," and so forth.
2. That prompted Woodward to swear off future collaborations, but the two say they have a close if contentious friendship.
3. Three months ago, an agreement was signed requiring them to hand over their weapons, swear off terror activity and remain within PA territory, among other obligations.
4. I bet they have a good swear off screen and I dare say they have somewhere warm to shelter between reports.
5. If you‘re Iran, what is the logical lesson?‘‘ Under heavy U.S. pressure, North Korea agreed last year to give up its declared weapons and swear off future development.