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{
"form": "swore to God",
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"word": "to God"
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"To vigorously affirm the truth of a statement, knowing that the failure to do so may result in a punishment from God."
],
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"(informal) To vigorously affirm the truth of a statement, knowing that the failure to do so may result in a punishment from God."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "swear on a stack of Bibles"
},
{
"word": "swear on the Bible"
},
{
"word": "swear on one's life"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "verb",
"word": "sverge ved Gud"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portugueses",
"sense": "verb",
"word": "jurar por Deus"
}
]
}
],
"word": "swear to God"
}
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"pos": "intj",
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"glosses": [
"Used to indicate that the speaker is swearing to God."
],
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"(informal) Used to indicate that the speaker is swearing to God."
],
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{
"word": "honest to God"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "allāh kī qasam",
"sense": "interjection",
"word": "ﷲ کی قَسَم"
},
{
"code": "ur",
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"roman": "xudā kī qasam",
"sense": "interjection",
"word": "خُدا کی قَسَم"
}
]
}
],
"word": "swear to God"
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"word": "to God"
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"pos": "verb",
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"To vigorously affirm the truth of a statement, knowing that the failure to do so may result in a punishment from God."
],
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"vigorously",
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"affirm"
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"God",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) To vigorously affirm the truth of a statement, knowing that the failure to do so may result in a punishment from God."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "swear on a stack of Bibles"
},
{
"word": "swear on the Bible"
},
{
"word": "swear on one's life"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "verb",
"word": "sverge ved Gud"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portugueses",
"sense": "verb",
"word": "jurar por Deus"
}
],
"word": "swear to God"
}
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"related": [
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"word": "honest to God"
}
],
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"glosses": [
"Used to indicate that the speaker is swearing to God."
],
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"(informal) Used to indicate that the speaker is swearing to God."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "allāh kī qasam",
"sense": "interjection",
"word": "ﷲ کی قَسَم"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "xudā kī qasam",
"sense": "interjection",
"word": "خُدا کی قَسَم"
}
],
"word": "swear to God"
}
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