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true to word

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true to one's word

keeping one's promise. True to his word, Tom showed up at exactly eight o'clock. We'll soon know if Jane is true to her word. We'll see if she does what she promised.

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true to your word

as you promised True to his word, he paid back the money I had loaned him.

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