Collocations for "commit"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "commit" in context.
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commit
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- commit [a crime, murder, arson, a sin]
- commit to a [plan, course, idea]
- commit to [buy, purchase]
- commit yourself to [helping, finishing, doing]
- commit (yourself) to [one hour, two evenings] a [week]
- [won't, refuses to] commit (himself to her)
- [would not, refused] to commit
- (not) ready to commit
- committed [years] to [learning piano, his job, her research]
- commit suicide
- commit her body to the [ground, earth, deep]
- commit his soul to [God, the devil]
- [crimes, atrocities] committed against [humanity, children, women]
- committed to a [mental institution, hospital]
'commit' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):