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单词 to swear off
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to swear off ——
to swear off ——
To abjure, forswear, renounce. (Cf. to swear off 3 at Phrasal verbs 2) colloquial or slang.
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1898 A. F. Leach Beverley Act Bk. I. 315 Ingelram keeps a concubine... Confesses and swears off her.
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to swear off
to swear off
1. To resign one's office. Obsolete.
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society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > vacate office [verb (intransitive)]
resign1395
recede1452
retirec1598
to take, lay down, resign the fascesa1625
to go out1642
to sing one's nunc dimittis1642
to make one's bowa1656
to lay down1682
to swear off1698
vacate1812
to send in one's papers1872
to step down1890
to stand down1926
society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > vacate an office or position > resign
resign1395
resignate1531
to go out1642
to lay down1682
to swear off1698
to turn up1819
to pull the pin1860
to send in one's papers1872
to step down1890
to snatch it or one's time1941
1698 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 414 This day Mr. Howard, wine cowper, was chose sherif of London, in room of Mr. Moor that swore off.
2. To get rid of or pass off on somebody with an oath or asseveration.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > hand over to another > get rid of by handing over
shift1634
to swear off1740
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 14 They..make nothing of turning any common Cart-Horse to the Road,..and swear him off to their best Friend for an excellent Hunter.
1853 H. B. Stowe Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin 91/2 Well, after all, I suppose, Mr. Legree, you wouldn't have any objections to swarin' off?
1922 ‘M. Twain’ in Harper's Mag. Mar. 457/1 I..swore off my taxes like the most conscienceless of the lot.
3. To abjure something, esp. intoxicating drink (cf. to swear off —— at Phrasal verbs 1). More recently, with object expressed. Chiefly U.S.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > renounce > something naturally attractive
forgoa1175
refusea1450
to swear off1839
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge
shrivec1374
disavowc1400
reject1426
renouncec1450
disvow1502
disavouch1583
disclaim1585
to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588
disacknowledge1598
forjure1601
disknow1606
disvoucha1616
to swear off1839
to throw down1895
to go into the discard1898
ditch1921
cancel1990
1839 Spirit of Times 16 Nov. 434/1 Like swearing off from liquor and going into a grog-shop.
1877 J. Habberton Jericho Road vi. 64 I'd told the fellers..that I was goin' to swear off, so I was ashamed to go there and drink.
1896 Spectator 15 Feb. 235 Just as a man who has ‘sworn off,’ for a long time, loses the desire for drink.
1960 R. St. John Foreign Correspondent v. 88 He became a newspaper reporter and swore off personal involvement in politics, at least for the time.
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