Meaning of swear at | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be disagreeably incongruous with, especially in colour; to clash.
   colloquial, dated, transitive
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swear, at.

Examples

“[…] in several instances there was another and quite a different red in the gown, which “swore” at its relative on the parasol.”

“Coal-scuttle poke-bonnets, short and scanty skirts, huge splay feet arrayed in indescribable shoes and boots, colours which swore at each other - these were the outward and visible signs of the British fair of that day.”

“One protester was arrested after swearing at a police officer.”

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