commit yourself

commit yourself
1) to agree to do something important

Take a little time to think before committing yourself.

commit yourself to (doing) something:

I have committed myself to the task for at least the coming year.

2) to decide to have a permanent relationship with someone
commit yourself to:

It was the first time in his life that he had committed himself to a woman.

3) to give a definite opinion or make a definite decision

She won't commit herself either way.


English dictionary. 2014.

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