swear on a stack

A form of swear on a stack of Bibles — To make a promise or give an assurance with great conviction.

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Meanings

verbswear on a stack (third-person singular simple present swears on a stack, present participle swearing on a stack, simple past swore on a stack, past participle sworn on a stack)

present singular third person swears on a stack · participle present swearing on a stack · past swore on a stack · participle past sworn on a stack

  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of swear on a stack of Bibles.

    “Good enough for me, and I'm no snitch. You can come home with a necklace of Johnsons if that's what it takes to get what we need, and I'll swear on a stack that I didn't see a thing.”

    2019 May 14, Ali Vali, Stormy Seas, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN, →OCLC
    1 more example

    “And give it a damn good Hoover down as well. The dust particles you'll suck out her tear-away top will match the must from the back room over at Benny's and I've got a crowd of standing room only who'll swear on a stack that our only dirty deed went down over there.”

    2003 September 29, Robert Bennett, The New Roman Empire, Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 121
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APA

swear on a stack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swear%20on%20a%20stack

MLA

“swear on a stack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swear%20on%20a%20stack. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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