swear blind in English

Forms: swears blind [present, singular, third-person], swearing blind [participle, present], swore blind [past], sworn blind [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|swear<,,swore,sworn> blind}} swear blind (third-person singular simple present swears blind, present participle swearing blind, simple past swore blind, past participle sworn blind)

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    {
      "form": "swears blind",
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    },
    {
      "form": "swearing blind",
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    },
    {
      "form": "swore blind",
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          "text": "He had a reputation as a womanizer, but he swore blind that he had met the right girl in me and said he wanted to settle down.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To insist strongly (that something is true)."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) To insist strongly (that something is true)."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "verb",
          "word": "tyngu i'r cyrs ac i'r coed"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swear blind"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "swears blind",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swearing blind",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swore blind",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sworn blind",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        "To insist strongly (that something is true)."
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          "strongly",
          "strongly"
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        "(colloquial) To insist strongly (that something is true)."
      ],
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "verb",
      "word": "tyngu i'r cyrs ac i'r coed"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swear blind"
}

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"swear blind" meaning in English

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