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on God's green Earth

on God's green Earth is the alternative form of on God's green earth.

Prepositional phrase capitalized: on God's green earth

  1. Expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
    • What was state of the art in 1912 has mostly fallen by the wayside. […] So why, oh why, on God’s green Earth are we still measuring chile pepper heat on the Scoville scale?2022 August 31, Tamar Haspel, “Sorry, Scoville. Peppers deserve better than an archaic heat scale.”, in The Washington Post
    Synonyms:
    on earth

Synonyms of on God's green Earth

Forms of on God's green Earth

alternative formon God's green Earth

Origin of on God's green Earth

See God's green earth.

Questions about on God's green Earth

What does on God's green Earth mean?
On God's green Earth means expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
What is on God's green Earth the alternative form of?
On God's green Earth is the alternative form of on God's green earth.
What part of speech is on God's green Earth?
On God's green Earth is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on God's green Earth in the dictionary

  1. on foot
  2. on form
  3. on fours
  4. on G
  5. on God
  6. on God's green Earth
  7. on good terms
  8. on guard
  9. on hand
  10. on heat
  11. on high

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