Commit and Owe

Commit

Commit verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

Owe and commit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Owe" instead a verb "Commit".

Owe

Owe verb - Be obliged to pay or repay.
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Synonyms for Owe

Commit and owe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commit" instead a verb "Owe".

Common collocations

murder commit murder owe murder
time commit time owe time

Both words in one sentence

  • Humans Are Special Probably the only exception are the Asgard, who also owe their their lives to the humans multiple times, despite being Sufficiently Advanced Aliens; and they commit species-scale suicide at the end anyway.
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