to get out of a commitment

  • 1get out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you get out, you leave a place because you want to escape from it, or because you are made to leave it. [V P of n] They probably wanted to get out of the country... [V P] I told him to leave and get out. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you… …

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  • 2get out of — phr verb Get out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bed, ↑boat, ↑cab, ↑car, ↑carriage, ↑chair, ↑commitment, ↑control, ↑debt, ↑fix, ↑habit, ↑head, ↑ …

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  • 3commitment — noun 1 willingness to give time/energy to sth ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, full, total ▪ clear, deep, firm, genuine, great …

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  • 4Commitment ordering — In concurrency control of databases, transaction processing (transaction management), and related applications, Commitment ordering (or Commit ordering; CO; (Raz 1990, 1992, 1994, 2009)) is a class of interoperable Serializability techniques …

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  • 5Commitment scheme — In cryptography, a commitment scheme allows one to commit to a value while keeping it hidden, with the ability to reveal the committed value later. Commitments are used to bind a party to a value so that they cannot adapt to other messages in… …

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  • 6Get Real — Infobox Film name = Get Real image size = caption = North American DVD cover for Get Real director = Simon Shore producer = Stephen Taylor writer = Patrick Wilde narrator = starring = Ben Silverstone Brad Gorton Charlotte Brittain Stacy Hart Kate …

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  • 7Get a Life (UK TV series) — Infobox British television show name = Get A Life size = caption = format = Reality, picture format = runtime = 60 minutes creator = starring = Jodie Marsh channel = Living TV / Living2 (from 13 March 2007) first aired = 1 March 2007 last aired …

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  • 8Involuntary commitment — For involuntary treatment in non hospital settings, see involuntary treatment. Involuntary commitment or civil commitment is a legal process through which an individual with symptoms of severe mental illness is court ordered into treatment in a… …

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  • 9Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT (pronounced act not ay see tee ), is a branch of cognitive behavioral therapy, an empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies together with commitment and… …

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  • 10bow out — verb 1. remove oneself from an obligation He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved • Syn: ↑chicken out, ↑back off, ↑pull out, ↑back down • Hypernyms: ↑retire, ↑withdraw …

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