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swore like a pagan

swore like a pagan is the simple past 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 swore like a pagan

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

Words near swore like a pagan in the dictionary

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

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