swear off

Related to swear off: declare under oath

swear off (something)

To promise, pledge, or be determined not to do, use, eat, or imbibe something anymore. Thank you, but I don't drink. I swore off alcohol when my father was killed by a drunk driver. Jack swore off cigarettes for his New Year's resolution.
See also: off, swear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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.
See also: off, swear
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

swear off

Pledge to renounce or give up, as in I've sworn off cigarettes. This expression was first used for abjuring liquor in the first half of the 1800s but has since been broadened to just about anything.
See also: off, swear
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

swear off

v.
To pledge to renounce or give up something: I have sworn off cigarettes and alcohol.
See also: off, swear
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • swear off (something)
  • swear somebody to secrecy
  • swore
  • swear (one) to secrecy
  • eat (something) out of (something)
  • eat out of
  • draw
  • draw (someone or something) out of (someone or something)
  • draw out of and draw out
  • draw out of some place
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('To swear off: people who promised they would give evidence for others in court, if subsequently they were unwilling to give evidence, swore that they knew nothing')
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Maybe Americans don't balance as well as we could or we should, but I don't believe that we have to swear off certain foods to maintain a healthy body weight -- whatever that is."
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