"swear off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-swear off.ogg [Australia] Forms: swears off [present, singular, third-person], swearing off [participle, present], swore off [past], sworn off [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|swear<,,swore,sworn> off}} swear off (third-person singular simple present swears off, present participle swearing off, simple past swore off, past participle sworn off)
  1. (idiomatic) To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as a bad habit. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-swear_off-en-verb-GRlrTp3e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for swear off meaning in English (1.6kB)

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