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commit oneself to

   Also found in: Legal 0.06 sec.
commit oneself to someone or something
to devote oneself to someone or something; to be faithful to someone or something. He committed himself to his wife. She settled down and committed herself to her job.
See also: commit, oneself

commit oneself to something 

1. to agree to something; to promise or pledge to do something. Yes, I will commit myself to the repair of the door frame. Will you commit yourself to finishing on time?
2. to promise to support and assist something. I can't commit myself to your cause at the present time. Maybe next month when I am less busy. She committed herself to being there on time.
See also: commit, oneself


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Providing an overall opinion often proves to be a delicate task for internal auditors, who can find themselves walking a tightrope between a prudent sense of restraint and a legitimate desire to commit oneself to providing a valuable opinion.
Lest one conveniently ignores what scholarly research is all about, to commit oneself to scholarship is to interpret and narrate the realities as they are experienced by the society in question.
One of the qualities of wanting to be a leader or achiever is to commit oneself to ongoing personal and professional development.
 
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