swear off
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editswear off (third-person singular simple present swears off, present participle swearing off, simple past swore off, past participle sworn off)
- (idiomatic) To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as a bad habit.
- One of these days, he thinks he will swear off his nightly television regimen and get some exercise.