swear
/ˈswɛɚ/ noun C2- A swear word.
Plural swears
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- swear by To invoke in an oath; to swear upon.
- swear down To promise that something is (not) true.
- swear in To administer an oath to, as an oath of office or of citi...
- swear off To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as a ...
- swear out To obtain (a warrant or the like) by swearing to facts.
From the library
I have seen it on him, and could swear to it.
“I should never have known you under that moustache, and I daresay you would not be prepared to swear to me.
“I should be prepared to swear that it was you.”
He knows where the young man is—to that I’ll swear, and if he knows, then it must be our own fault if we cannot manage to know also.
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