break one's word



break one's word

Violate or fail to observe a promise or contract one has made. For example, You can trust him implicitly; I've never known him to break his word. [c. a.d. 1000]
See also: break, word

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ChuckCHUKEnglish
Aamir-Arabic
Prakash-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Odia, Nepali
Dorindadə-RIN-dəEnglish
Freda['fri:də]
Varfolomei-Russian (Rare)