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Meaning of take the pledge | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To promise to abstain from alcohol.

US, dated

Examples

“Glad she was now that he had taken the pledge as a younger man; but for that nothing would have⟳ kept him from the drink⟳ during the bad times they had gone through.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

take the plunge take the point take the purple take the rap take the red eye take the red pill

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