swear like a pagan

verb

Synonym of swear like a trooper.

Meanings

verbswear 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)

present singular third person swears like a pagan · participle present swearing like a pagan · past swore like a pagan · participle past sworn like a pagan

  1. simileSynonym 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

    Synonyms: swear like a trooper

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of swear like a trooper.

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