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took the pledge

ADJECTIVE

on the wagon

Synonyms

WEAK

abstaining abstemious abstinent cold sober dry drying out free of alcohol nonindulgent not drinking not drunk not partaking of alcohol period of abstinence restrained sober stone cold sober sworn off unintoxicated

ADJECTIVE

sober

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calm restrained sedate serious

STRONG

abstaining controlled dry moderate steady

WEAK

abstemious abstinent ascetic clear-headed cold sober continent nonindulgent not drunk on the wagon self-possessed temperate

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agitated excitable excited

WEAK

drunk immoderate inebriated irrational

Example Sentences

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No one took the pledge, either staying silent or listing off their companies' talking points.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2021

Greg McNeilly, spokesman for Dick DeVos’s company, the Windquest Group, said the secretary’s husband took the pledge to mean he should no longer contribute to candidates in federal races.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2017

Fisher is one of more than 1,000 "locavores," self-styled concerned culinary adventurers, who took the pledge last month to eat nothing--or almost nothing--but sustenance drawn from within 100 miles of their home.

From Time Magazine Archive

To those who took the pledge, the council offered bumper stickers that read: SAY NO TO OPEC.

From Time Magazine Archive

I roared, as I took the pledge with him.

From The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life by Flint, Homer Eon

took the pledge

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