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
PietroPYE-troItalian
Manuelmah-NWEL (Spanish), man-oo-EL (Portuguese), MAHN-oo-el (German)Spanish, Portuguese, German, English, Italian, French, Romanian, Late Greek (Latinized)
CarmelKAHR-məl (English)English, Jewish
JaniYAH-nee (Finnish)Finnish, Hungarian
ErdoĞAn-Turkish
Meklit-Eastern African, Amharic