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swore like a cutter

swore like a cutter is the simple past of swear like a cutter.

Meaning of swear like a cutter

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper.
    • Patrick swore like a cutter as Antonia rushed to the minister as if he were about to rescue her from all evil. Mayhap she thought that was so, but the minister was frozen like Lot's wife.2015, Jo Ann Ferguson, A Model Marriage

Questions about swore like a cutter

What is swore like a cutter the simple past of?
Swore like a cutter is the simple past of swear like a cutter.

Words near swore like a cutter in the dictionary

  1. swore at
  2. swore blind
  3. swore by
  4. swore down
  5. swore in
  6. swore like a cutter
  7. swore like a pagan
  8. swore like a sailor
  9. swore like a trooper
  10. swore off
  11. swore on

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