swear off

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swear off (something)

to pledge to avoid or abstain from something. I've sworn off desserts. I am on a diet. No dessert for me. I've sworn off.

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Nakagawa, who had made no secret about his fondness for drinking, promised to swear off alcohol ahead of August's lower house election, but lost his seat anyway. Autopsy of Japan's ex-finance chief inconclusive by AFP / AFP Asian Edition Nakagawa, who had made no secret about his fondness for drinking, promised to swear off alcohol ahead of August's lower house election, but lost his seat anyway. Autopsy of Japan's ex-finance chief inconclusive by AFP / AFP Global Edition Ashley Fruno, PETA's senior campaigner, told AFP the organization was hopeful Karam would swear off flesh as part of a global effort to cut down on greenhouse-gases emitted by livestock farms and to be kinder to animals. Lebanese minister dips out of call to go veggie by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)			swap swap for swap notes swap with swarm swarm around swarm in swarm out of swarm over swarm through swarm with swath swathe swathe in swathe with sway sway back and forth sway from side to side sway to swear swear at swear blind swear by swear in swear like a trooper swear off swear on swear on a stack of Bibles swear out against swear to swear up and down sweat sweat blood sweat buckets sweat bullets sweat for sweat like a pig sweat off sweat out sweat out of sweep sweep along sweep aside sweep away sweep back sweep down sweep down on sweep in sweep into sweep off sweep off feet			SWE3ROTS SWEA Sweal SWEAP swear swear swear swear swear swear an affidavit swear an oath swear at swear at swear at swear at swear blind swear blind swear blind swear blind swear by swear by swear by swear by swear falsely swear in swear in swear in swear in swear in swear like a trooper swear off swear on swear on a stack of Bibles swear on mother's grave swear out swear out swear out swear out against Swear Out Loud swear the truth swear to swear to Swear to God swear under oath swear up and black and blue swear up and down swear up and down swear up and down swear up and down swear up and down and blue swear word swear words swearer swearer swearer swearer swearers swearers swearers swearing swearing

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