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see SWEAR BY, def. 2.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): swear someone to something to cause someone to take an oath pledging something, such as silence or secrecy, about something. • I swore Larry to secrecy, but he told anyway. • We were sworn to silence about the new product.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): swear something to someone to pledge or promise something to someone. • I had to swear my allegiance to the general before I could become one of his bodyguards. • We swore our loyalty to our country.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): swear to something to claim that what one says is absolutely true. • It is true. I swear to it. • I think I have remembered it all, but I couldn’t swear to it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs