Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take the pledge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
take the -pledge
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To promise to abstain from alcohol.

American usage; Dated

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, the, pledge.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

takes the pledge (present, singular) taking the pledge (participle, present) took the pledge (past) taken the pledge (participle, past)

Questions

What does take the pledge mean?
To promise to abstain from alcohol.

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