swim the Thames en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of London’s river Thames for Rome’s river Tiber.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To convert to Anglicanism.
[…] Philip Jenkins, himself an ex-Catholic who swam the Thames, speculates that the rates of decline in his adopted Church are so steep that the last American Episcopalian may have been born.
2019 March 11, Filip Mazurczak, “A Unique Credo and Affirmation of Faith by a Distinctive Mind”, in The Catholic World Report, Ignatius Press, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swim, the, Thames.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| swum the Thames | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| swam the Thames | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| swimming the Thames | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| swims the Thames | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| cross the Thames | alternative | lexicographic |