on my life

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on my life

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Ellipsis of I swear on my life.

adverb

  1. informal, not comparable, slang With all honesty and seriousness; affirmatively. If I am driving and I say "Five-O behind us"...and you turn all the way around to look, on my life you're never riding with me again.

    Similar: I swear to God, seriously, dead-ass

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@misc{on_my_life_2026,
  title = {on my life},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on%20my%20life},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}