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MichalS Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

swear away

0Hey, can someone tell me what 01b00swear away 02b00as in 01i00swear sb's life away means?02i02br
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0That's tough without context. Is it reflexive?02br
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00People often "swear" that something is true "01b01i01u00ON02u02i02b00" something sacred, as "on my life"; "on my mother's grave"; "on the holy Bible"; etc.02br
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00If you mean to swear somebody 01b01i01u00else's02u
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0Perhaps one person's taking of an oath caused another's life to be ruined, as when one person swears (unjustly) that another has committed murder, and the so-called murderer is sent to jail for life. 02br
00It's impossible to say without more context.02br
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0Thanks for your responses!02br
00The context is a song of Joan Baez:02br
01i00When first I came to Louisville02br
00Some pleasure there to find02br
00A damsel there from Lexington02br
00Was pleasing to my mind02br
00Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips02br
00Like arrows pierced my breast02br
00And t
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0Hi M, I guess you're clear on this, right?02br
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00Her sworn testimony at his trial, cost him his life. (Her act of swearing that he had committed murder, made his life go away.)02br
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0oh yes 05000 thanks for the clarification!010id1
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