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commit to memory

Idioms  

  1. Learn by heart, memorize, as in The director insisted that the altos commit their part to memory by Tuesday. First recorded in 1875, this phrase today is often replaced by the shorter memorize.

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We spun a few laps around the circuit as I tried to commit to memory his advice about optimal trajectories and braking distances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Each case study offers templates for success and cautionary tales that Latino politicians, activists and voters everywhere should commit to memory — and non-Latinos too.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

While it might be confusing at first, it’s fairly easy to commit to memory once you know about it.

From The Verge • Sep. 14, 2021

You should commit to memory the common names of compounds as you encounter them.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

This was one of the many sayings he made me commit to memory.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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