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vow
verbs
make a vow
• I made a vow never to go near the place again.
take a vow
(= make a vow at a formal ceremony )
• Priests have to take a vow of obedience to the Catholic Church.
keep a vow
(= do as you promised )
• She kept her vow not to tell anyone about their affair.
break a vow
(= fail to do as you promised )
• She accused him of breaking his marriage vows.
exchange vows
(= make promises to each other as part of a wedding ceremony )
• They wanted to exchange vows before their family and friends.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + vow
a solemn vow
(= a very serious vow, which you must keep )
• He made a solemn vow that he would do everything he could to help her.
marriage/wedding vows
• She wrote her own marriage vows.
a holy/sacred vow
• When we get married in church we are making sacred vows.
phrases
a vow of silence/poverty/celibacy etc
• People close to him have finally broken their vow of silence.
be bound by a vow
(= to have promised seriously to do something )
• She told him she was bound by a vow not to tell any other person.
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verb ADV. quietly, silently He silently vowed vengeance on them all. PREP. to She vowed to herself that she would not show any emotion. PHRASES vow never to do sth I vowed never to drink so much again., noun ADJ. formal, solemn | marriage, wedding | monastic, religious | final She left the convent before taking her final vows. VERB + VOW make, take He made a vow to avenge his father's death. | keep She kept her vow of silence until she died. | break Nothing will persuade me to break this vow. | exchange The couple exchanged vows at the altar. | renew PREP. ~ of a vow of poverty
Oxford Collocations Dictionary