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101swear out — verb To obtain (a warrant or the like) by swearing to facts. He further testified that he assistant city solicitor submitted to him a written opinion, to the effect that the playing of baseball within the city on Sunday did not constitute any… …
102swear down — verb a) to promise that something isnt true b) to promise; swear; give ones word …
103swear off — verb To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as of a bad habit. One of these days, he thinks he will swear off his nightly television regimen and get some exercise …
104swear on a stack of Bibles — verb To make a promise or give ones assurance with great conviction. Says L.A. Times Managing Editor Frank McCulloch: I know it looks bad, but Ill swear on a stack of Bibles its a sheer coincidence …
105swear by — verb To wholeheartedly trust. I swear by my Petit Larousse when it comes to learning French. , Finnish: vannoa jonkin nimeen …
106swear in — phr verb Swear in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑government, ↑juror, ↑jury, ↑witness …
107swear like a trooper — Australian Slang swear strongly and often …
108swear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. affirm, depose, depone, vow; testify, witness; blaspheme, curse. See affirmation, imprecation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To curse] Syn. blaspheme, utter profanity, cuss*; see curse 1 , 2 . 2. [To take …
109swear off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. quit, reform, resolve; see halt 2 , suspend 2 , stop 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. give up, abjure, renounce, forswear, forego, quit, *turn one s back on. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb Informal. To cease trying… …
110swear — [OE] Swear is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German schwören, Dutch zweren, Swedish svärja, and Danish sverge. They all go back to a prehistoric Germanic *swarjan, a derivative of the base *swar , which also lies behind the second… …
