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swear blind

swear blind verb: to insist strongly (that something is true).

Verb

swear blind (third-person singular simple present swears blind, present participle swearing blind, simple past swore blind, past participle sworn blind)

  1. (colloquial) To insist strongly (that something is true).
    • He had a reputation as a womanizer, but he swore blind that he had met the right girl in me and said he wanted to settle down.

Forms of swear blind

third-person singular presentswears blind
present participleswearing blind
pastswore blind
past participlesworn blind

Questions about swear blind

What does swear blind mean?
Swear blind means to insist strongly (that something is true).
What part of speech is swear blind?
Swear blind is a verb.
What is the past tense of swear blind?
The past tense of swear blind is swore blind.

Words near swear blind in the dictionary

  1. sweams
  2. Sweany
  3. Sweanys
  4. swear
  5. swear at
  6. swear blind
  7. swear box
  8. swear boxes
  9. swear by
  10. swear down
  11. swear in

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