I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
break your vow (= break a serious or formal promise )
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He accused her of breaking her marriage vows.
marriage vow
solemn vow
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a solemn vow
vow revenge (= promise to take revenge )
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His supporters vowed revenge for his death.
wedding vows
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
marriage
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His father-in-law accused him of breaking his marriage vows and questioned his integrity as a Privy Councillor.
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Fortunately for Mrs Bush, her marriage lasted and delivered the kind of lifetime security that marriage vows imply.
■ VERB
break
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Was he breaking his vows by wanting that?
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And, indeed, plenty of military personnel are guilty of breaking marital vows and getting away with it.
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The reason for breaking our vows were pecuniary and made financial sense.
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His father-in-law accused him of breaking his marriage vows and questioned his integrity as a Privy Councillor.
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I'd have gone against Maria Luisa and broken my vow of silence to put you out of your misery.
exchange
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But there are legitimate houses of worship here that welcome any serious couple who want to exchange vows before family and friends.
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Nevertheless, Don and I exchanged vows that day.
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Debbie and Dave had asked me to make a little speech before the minister spoke and they exchanged vows .
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It seemed only appropriate to exchange their vows before the entire congregation.
keep
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He asked himself how he'd feel if he found out someday that Emilio had kept his vow , always and for ever.
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Nowadays she returned to defy the enemy: to keep her vow .
make
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She made her silent vow to the piece of wallpaper that flapped in the breeze.
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They will make their vows for one year.
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That day I made a vow to myself that I would return to Athens and run better.
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I will make my final vows on the same day.
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Melanie made a vow never to use it herself.
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Because I made a vow this afternoon.
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Bernice made a vow never to pick a fight with him.
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The novitiate over, they are permitted to make their first vows .
take
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Had he not taken a vow of celibacy?
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Then, just as things were getting really interesting, he took a vow of silence.
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What's more, I had memories from many other lifetimes of taking vows of poverty.
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But while up in Zululand he took a vow and that made it final.
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Time in the monastery on the Via Siciliana-where Hamilton seems to have taken his own vow of silence.
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At Miami, too, I decided not to take any vows about keeping out of politics.
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There was no obligation to join the Order or to take vows .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After being released from his wedding vows, John joined the Friars Minor.
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Dole was clearly trying to avoid the trap in which former President Bush found himself after violating the tax vow .
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His marriage to this parish was inviolable in its own sacred vows.
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She told him that she was bound by a vow not to tell any human being.
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The exchanging of tokens was, like the exchanging of vows, not to be undertaken lightly.
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The novitiate over, they are permitted to make their first vows.
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This vow the Cid Campeador made.
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What's more, I had memories from many other lifetimes of taking vows of poverty.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ben vowed to avenge his mother's death.
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Daley vowed that the Police Department would be reformed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And they vow to do it all without raising taxes.
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But a year ago, Putin came to power vowing to crack down on wayward regions.
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But yesterday she vowed that the tragedy would not ruin their lives.
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City officials vowed to press ahead with the appointment process by interviewing the finalists and naming a chief Feb. 2.
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Cook died in 1940, vowing that time would vindicate him.
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Legco, the largely toothless legislature, has vowed not to authorise spending for new camps.
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On the day she died, I vowed that whatever happened, I would keep you away from them.
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Sugar producers hailed the vote while groups opposed to the program vowed they would keep trying to kill it.