so help me

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so help me

  1. Alternative form of so help me God
    • 1904, William F. Cattell, A Receipt for $10,000, page 16:
      Am I awake or am I dead. Spencer, my boy, you're a fool—I've got it. I've got the palpitation of the heart, so help me. Why didn't I stay away and not come back after fifteen years.
    • 1919, The Junior Class of The Ohio State University, The Makio, page 483:
      I hereby swear to become the manager of either the football, basket ball, track, cross-country, baseball, soccer or tennis teams before my graduation. So help me, and keep me at it.
    • 2004, Allan Frewin Jones, Lesley Pollinger, Teach Yourself Writing: for Children, page 84:
      'You come one step closer to me with that gherkin,' she said, 'and I'll have the law on you, so help me I will.'

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