"swim the Forth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: swims the Forth [present, singular, third-person], swimming the Forth [participle, present], swam the Forth [past], swum the Forth [participle, past]
Etymology: Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of central Scotland’s river Forth for Rome’s river Tiber. Etymology templates: {{m|en|swim the Tiber}} swim the Tiber, {{m|en|Forth}} Forth, {{m|en|Tiber}} Tiber Head templates: {{en-verb|swim<,,swam,swum> the Forth}} swim the Forth (third-person singular simple present swims the Forth, present participle swimming the Forth, simple past swam the Forth, past participle swum the Forth)
  1. (intransitive) To convert to Presbyterianism. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Christianity Related terms: swim the Bosphorus (english: convert to Eastern Orthodoxy), swim the Rhine (english: convert to Lutheranism), swim the Thames (english: convert to Anglicanism), swim the Tiber (english: convert to Roman Catholicism)
    Sense id: en-swim_the_Forth-en-verb-SVCxogYI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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