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swear like a pagan

swear like a pagan verb: synonym of swear like a trooper.

Verb

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

  1. (simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper.
    • Foulon began to swear like a pagan, shouting: ‘Get thee hence, thou rogue and blackguard! Thou shalt not have my wheat, or else I shall pay thee with a musket blow in the belly!’2014, Helen Hagen, Evrard, Lord of Ethe, Books on Demand, translation of original by Ludovic Dispaux, →ISBN, page 218

Synonyms of swear like a pagan

Forms of swear like a pagan

third-person singular presentswears like a pagan
present participleswearing like a pagan
pastswore like a pagan
past participlesworn like a pagan

Questions about swear like a pagan

What does swear like a pagan mean?
Swear like a pagan means synonym of swear like a trooper.
What part of speech is swear like a pagan?
Swear like a pagan is a verb.
What is the past tense of swear like a pagan?
The past tense of swear like a pagan is swore like a pagan.

Words near swear like a pagan in the dictionary

  1. swear down
  2. swear in
  3. swear jar
  4. swear jars
  5. swear like a cutter
  6. swear like a pagan
  7. swear like a sailor
  8. swear like a trooper
  9. swear off
  10. swear on
  11. swear on a stack

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