testify

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UK /ˈtestɪfaɪ/US /ˈtestɪfaɪ/

Meaning

verb
to make a statement that something happened or that something is true, especially as a witness in court
testify against somebody/something, She refused to testify against her husband.

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As luck would have it though, as soon as I became CEO we had we had the Great Recession, an earthquake, and tsunami, and a recall that meant I had to testify

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As luck would have it though, as soon as I became CEO we had we had the Great Recession, an earthquake, and tsunami, and a recall that meant I had to testify

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