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swear up and down

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swear up and down
to say as strongly as possible He swore up and down that he didn't know the guy at all.
Etymology: based on the meaning of swear on the Bible or sometimes swear on a stack of Bibles (to promise that a statement is true)
See also: and, swear, up


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