bind oneself
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Wherefore if in taking a vow, it is one's intention and will to bind oneself to fulfil it at once, one is bound to fulfil it immediately.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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
It would be no use to bind oneself to do a variety of things which may not be required.
From The Geneva Protocol by Miller, David Hunter
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
But it is not policy to bind oneself too closely to detail.
From Idle Ideas in 1905 by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)