Definition of swear down

swear down    

interjection

• to promise that what one is saying is true.

  I ain't never cheated, swear down.

                                              
  
  Citation from The Rezort (2015 film) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess.

  Last edited on Aug 18 2018. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 05 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'to be true, tell the truth, honest, confess':
fess	Definitions include: to waste time in order to avoid confrontation or a potentially uncomfortable situation.
straight	Definitions include: fine; okay.
on the real	Definitions include: truthful, honest.
on baby	Definitions include: used when you need to get your point across.
squawk	Definitions include: to inform about a crime.
be straight-up	Definitions include: to be truthful.
eye-opener	Definitions include: an event that makes one realize the truth about something.
real talk	Definitions include: honest talk.
fess up	Definitions include: to confess.
dead *ss	Definitions include: "serious"; "not lying".
true do	Definitions include: honestly.
cereal	Definitions include: serious, not kidding.
straight up	Definitions include: truthfully.
be ugly	Definitions include: to act without worrying about decorum.
for real though	Definitions include: "for real though", i.e. "seriously though".
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Other terms relating to 'down':
batten down the hatches	Definitions include: to prepare for hardship.
beat down	Definitions include: a fight or severe beating.
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
bow down	Definitions include: to back down from a situation.
bow down before the porcelain god	Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet.
bow down to the porcelain god	Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god."
bring down	Definitions include: to sadden one.
bring the house down	Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd.
broke down	Definitions include: unattractive.
bust down	Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people.
butter down	Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
buttoned-down	Definitions include: overly formal, conservative.
chow down	Definitions include: to eat.
come down	Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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Other terms relating to 'swear':
swear like a sailor	Definitions include: to use very foul language.
swear off	Definitions include: to promise to never again do something.
swear on (one's) mother's grave	Definitions include: to make a strong promise.
swear to god	Definitions include: a general threat.

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