swim the Rhine

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Etymology

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Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of Germany's river Rhine for Rome's river Tiber.

Verb

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swim the Rhine (third-person singular simple present swims the Rhine, present participle swimming the Rhine, simple past swam the Rhine, past participle swum the Rhine)

  1. (intransitive) To convert to Lutheranism.
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