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SWEAR IN
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The speaker of the House swore in the new President
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "swear in" is one way to...):
inaugurate; kick off (commence officially)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody