"swear like a trooper" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-swear like a trooper.ogg [Australia] Forms: swears like a trooper [present, singular, third-person], swearing like a trooper [participle, present], swore like a trooper [past], sworn like a trooper [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|swear<,,swore,sworn> like a trooper}} swear like a trooper (third-person singular simple present swears like a trooper, present participle swearing like a trooper, simple past swore like a trooper, past participle sworn like a trooper)
  1. (simile) To swear a lot; to utter many swear words. Synonyms: curse like a trooper, swear like a pagan, curse like a pagan, swear like a sailor, curse like a sailor, swear like a cutter Translations (Translations): klít jako pohan (Czech), nadávat jako dlaždič (Czech), bande som en tyrk (Danish), vloeken als een ketter (Dutch), sakri kiel mulisto (Esperanto), kiroilla kuin turkkilainen (Finnish), kiroilla kuin merimies (Finnish), jurer comme un charretier (French), fluchen wie ein Kesselflicker (German), fluchen wie ein Bierkutscher (German), fluchen wie ein Seemann (German), káromkodik, mint egy teherautós (Hungarian), bestemmiare come un turco (Italian), bestemmiare come un carrettiere (Italian), kląć jak szewc (Polish), înjura ca un birjar (Romanian), hablar como un carretero (Spanish), svära som en borstbindare (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-swear_like_a_trooper-en-verb-sgBSomsb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English similes

Inflected forms

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          "word": "káromkodik, mint egy teherautós"
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          "word": "bestemmiare come un turco"
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      "word": "bande som en tyrk"
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      "word": "kiroilla kuin turkkilainen"
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      "word": "kiroilla kuin merimies"
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      "word": "jurer comme un charretier"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "fluchen wie ein Kesselflicker"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "fluchen wie ein Bierkutscher"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "fluchen wie ein Seemann"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "káromkodik, mint egy teherautós"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "bestemmiare come un turco"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "bestemmiare come un carrettiere"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "note": "пцуе како кочијаш (pcue kako kočijaš, literally “to swear like a coach driver”)",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "word": "kląć jak szewc"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "înjura ca un birjar"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "руга́ться как сапо́жник (rugátʹsja kak sapóžnik, literally “like a cobbler”)",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "hablar como un carretero"
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