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honest to God
Also,; honest Injun. Truly, really, as in Honest to God, I didn't know it was yours, or Honest to goodness, we had exactly the same experience, or I promise I'll finish in time, honest to Pete, or Honest Injun, I didn't take your wallet. These colloquial assertions date from about 1900, except for honest Injun, dating from the late 1800s and today considered offensive.
Example Sentences
“The first thing I told myself, and this is the honest to God truth ... I want to be Katie Porter when I grow up on the Oversight Committee. And I want to take that same kind of energy and passion and really fearlessness in oversight.”
“I was furious and wasn’t about to accept this. So I went down to the studio where David was still recording his vocals, prepared to confront him. Honest to God, he ran away, got in his car and hid from me!”
“I wish to go back and try again. Yes, honest to God, that is my belief. That is better for me. If I die, it is God’s choice.”
"Honest to God, don't worry about it."
"Honest to God, I thought we'd get a call or contact from the DfE over the weekend," he said.
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