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swearing like a pagan

swearing like a pagan is the present participle and gerund of swear like a pagan.

Meaning of swear like a pagan

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

Questions about swearing like a pagan

What is swearing like a pagan the present participle and gerund of?
Swearing like a pagan is the present participle and gerund of swear like a pagan.

Words near swearing like a pagan in the dictionary

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

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