honest to goodness (honest to god)
1honest\ to\ God — • honest to goodness • honest to God adj. phr. informal Really; truly; honestly. Used to emphasize something said. When we were in Washington, we saw the President, honest to goodness. Honest to goodness, Jane, I think you are the messiest girl… …
2honest-to-God — • honest to goodness • honest to God adj. phr. informal Real; genuine. Used for emphasis. She served him honest to goodness deep dish apple pie. It was the first honest to goodness baseball game he d seen since going abroad …
3honest to God — honest (to God) spoken phrase used for trying to make someone believe that what you say is true I don’t know anything about it, honest. I wouldn’t lie to you, honest to God I wouldn’t. Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing that something is true or… …
4honest-to-God — [adj] genuine absolute, accurate, actual, authentic, authenticated, bona fide, certain, certified, factual, for real*, for sure, honest, honest to goodness*, kosher*, legit, legitimate, no buts about it*, official, on the level*, on the up and up …
5honest-to-god — adjective (used informally especially for emphasis) a real honest to god live cowboy had us a high old time went upriver to look at a sure enough fish wheel • Syn: ↑honest to goodness, ↑old, ↑sure enough • Si …
6honest\ to\ goodness — • honest to goodness • honest to God adj. phr. informal Really; truly; honestly. Used to emphasize something said. When we were in Washington, we saw the President, honest to goodness. Honest to goodness, Jane, I think you are the messiest girl… …
7honest-to-goodness — • honest to goodness • honest to God adj. phr. informal Real; genuine. Used for emphasis. She served him honest to goodness deep dish apple pie. It was the first honest to goodness baseball game he d seen since going abroad …
8honest to goodness — honest to ˈGod/ˈgoodness idiom used to emphasize that what you are saying is true • Honest to God, Mary, I m not joking. Some people find this use offensive. Main entry: ↑honestidiom …
9god — [gɔd US ga:d] n [: Old English;] 1.) God the spirit or ↑being who Christians, Jews, Muslims etc pray to, and who they believe created the universe ▪ Most Americans still believe in God . ▪ Nothing could shake his belief in God . ▪ He thought it… …
10honest-to-goodness — ☆ honest to goodness [än′ist tə good′nis ] adj. Informal genuine; real; authentic: also honest to God …
