keep one's word

keep one's word
keep one's word
to uphold one's promise; to do as one says. (The opposite of break one's word.) •

I told her I'd be there to pick her up, and I intend to keep my word.

Keeping one's word is necessary in the legal profession.

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{v. phr.} To do what one has promised; fulfill one's promise. * /Paul kept his word and paid me the $250 that he owed me right on time./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • break one's word — {v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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