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Definition of Swear off
1. Verb. Promise to abstain from. "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"
Definition of Swear off
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as of a bad habit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swear Off
Literary usage of Swear off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lyrics of the Links (1921)
"NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS SWEAR off pulling, swear off slicing, swear off ever ...
swear off topping, over-swinging, As you stand upon the tee; swear off doing ..."
2. The Dreamers: A Club. Being a More Or Less Faithful Account of the Literary by John Kendrick Bangs (1899)
"... AND DRUMSHEUGH swear off A tale of dialect told by Mi: Berkeley Sights, holder
of the twelfth ball " HOOT mon! ..."
3. Report, Together with Minutes of Evidence, and Accounts, from the Select by Parliament, Great Britain, House of Commons (1810)
"10. that you cannot swear off as foreign Gold, not seeing it beforehand: or if it
... That I could not swear off. Why not ?—Because I cannot tell what the ..."
4. The Cambrian (1900)
"What I want to do is to swear off from fightin' in the new year, which, as I have
said before, has fell foul of us. But I can't stop till I lick Brother ..."
5. Report, Together with Minutes of Evidence, and Accounts: From the Select by Parliament, Great Britain, House of Commons (1810)
"10. that you cannot swear off as foreign Gold, not seeing it beforehand : or ...
That I could not swear off. What is the oath before the Court of Aldermen ? ..."
6. Vagabonding Down the Andes: Being the Narrative of a Journey, Chiefly Afoot by Harry Alverson Franck (1917)
"But tomorrow I 'll swear off in earnest"— which he did, almost daily as long as
the journey lasted. Meanwhile, my birthday making a good date for it, ..."
7. Sketches from "Texas Siftings". by Alexander Edwin Sweet, John Armoy Knox (1882)
"Resolved, That we hereby swear off using any stimulating beverages, said swear-off
to continue and be in force for one year from date, with the following ..."
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