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bind oneself

VERB

guarantee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assure ensure insure maintain protect prove secure support

STRONG

affirm angel attest aver back bankroll certify confirm cosign endorse evidence evince grubstake guaranty juice mortgage reassure stake swear testify wager warrant witness

WEAK

answer for be surety for get behind give bond make bail make certain make sure pick up the check pick up the tab sign for stand behind stand up for vouch for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

harm hurt injure let go neglect

STRONG

contradict deny discourage disprove invalidate oppose refute reject repudiate veto

WEAK

break

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“I—I mean it is wrong to bind oneself by a promise one may not be able to keep,” Miss Bibby added hastily.

From In the Mist of the Mountains by Macfarlane, J.

It is so provincial to bind oneself to views which are no longer binding a couple of hundred miles away.

From Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

To hold material things either in community or severalty was in either case to bind oneself to the evil principle.

From Mediaeval Socialism by Jarrett, Bede

One thing would be terrible," said he: "to bind oneself forever to a suffering man.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

But it is not policy to bind oneself too closely to detail.

From Idle Ideas in 1905 by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

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