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swear up and down

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swear up and down

to say as strongly as possible He swore up and down that he didn't know the guy at all.

Etymology: based on the meaning of swear on the Bible or sometimes swear on a stack of Bibles (to promise that a statement is true)

See also: and, down, swear, up