swear by

verb

Definitions

  1. To invoke in an oath

    To invoke in an oath; to swear upon.

  2. To trust wholeheartedly.

    • I swear by my Petit Larousse when it comes to learning French.
    • He swears by cream of tartar to make the meringues stiff.
    • But while Switzerland might swear by it, elsewhere the practice has a dark history.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA