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swearing down

swearing down is the present participle and gerund of swear down.

Meaning of swear down

Verb

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

  1. To promise that something is (not) true.
  2. To promise; swear; give one's word.

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Questions about swearing down

What is swearing down the present participle and gerund of?
Swearing down is the present participle and gerund of swear down.

Words near swearing down in the dictionary

  1. swearing at
  2. swearing blind
  3. swearing by
  4. swearing contest
  5. swearing contests
  6. swearing down
  7. swearing in
  8. swearing jar
  9. swearing jars
  10. swearing like a cutter
  11. swearing like a pagan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swearing down (page history and authors); swear down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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