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

Example Sentences

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Its root is that of the verb "rotisya," to bind oneself by an oath; and it is generally admitted to be only another form of "rota," which now signifies a "regimental company."

From The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò

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

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

Discussing divorce he claims as essential to manhood the right to bind oneself and to be taken at one's word.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

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

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

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

bind oneself

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