so help me Bob

A form of so help me God — Used as an oath, invoking the assistance of God in fulfilling a promise.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. euphemisticEuphemistic form of so help me God.

    "So I would have, but it was pretty dark and so help me Bob, if I didn't get off the road somewhere."

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 70
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