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swear like a sailor

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

Verb

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

  1. (simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper.

Synonyms of swear like a sailor

Forms of swear like a sailor

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

Questions about swear like a sailor

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

Words near swear like a sailor in the dictionary

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

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