"swim the Thames" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: swims the Thames [present, singular, third-person], swimming the Thames [participle, present], swam the Thames [past], swum the Thames [participle, past]
Etymology: Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of London’s river Thames for Rome’s river Tiber. Etymology templates: {{m|en|swim the Tiber}} swim the Tiber, {{m|en|Thames}} Thames, {{m|en|Tiber}} Tiber Head templates: {{en-verb|swim<,,swam,swum> the Thames}} swim the Thames (third-person singular simple present swims the Thames, present participle swimming the Thames, simple past swam the Thames, past participle swum the Thames)
  1. (intransitive) To convert to Anglicanism. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Anglicanism
    Sense id: en-swim_the_Thames-en-verb-uMzbWzTW Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 76 24
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swim, the, Thames. Synonyms: cross the Thames Related terms: swim the Bosphorus (english: convert to Orthodoxy), swim the Forth (english: convert to Presbyterianism), swim the Rhine (english: convert to Lutheranism), swim the Tiber (english: convert to Roman Catholicism)
    Sense id: en-swim_the_Thames-en-verb-dcE0wlVP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

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