swear down
Commonly used in the UK, particularly in Northern England and Multicultural London English (MLE), to emphasize the truthfulness of a statement.
🇺🇸 US Voice:
🇬🇧 UK Voice:
Definition
B2Informal Conversation
(slang, UK)To strongly assert that something is true.
Example
- It wasn't me who broke the window, swear down!
B2Informal Conversation
(slang, UK)To make a serious promise to emphasize honesty.
Example
- I swear down, I'll never lie to you again.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "swear down":
swear byswear atpinky swearupon my wordcross one's hearton one's honormy word