swear in

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to admit someone formally to office by having them take an oath

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   swear someone in / swear in someone

   Usage: The new officeholder is the object: swear in the mayor, swear her in. Put a pronoun between swear and in.

   The new mayor was sworn in at a public ceremony.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The new mayor was sworn in at a public ceremony.

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