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so help me Bob

so help me Bob is the euphemistic form of so help me God.

Meaning of so help me God

Phrase

so help me God

  1. Used as an oath, a promise that an action will be carried out
    • I waited — not to share the booty, for, so help me God and Saint Withold! as neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard, — I waited but to render my thanks to thee and to thy bold yeomen, for the life and honour ye have saved.1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Questions about so help me Bob

What is so help me Bob the euphemistic form of?
So help me Bob is the euphemistic form of so help me God.

Words near so help me Bob in the dictionary

  1. so far
  2. so far as
  3. so far so bad
  4. so far so good
  5. so help me
  6. so help me Bob
  7. so help me cat
  8. so help me God
  9. so help me tater
  10. so help me tatur
  11. so help my tater

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