give lip service to

give/pay lip service to something

to say that you agree with and support an idea or plan but not do anything to help it to succeed The company pays lip service to the notion of racial equality but you look around you and all you see are white faces.

See curl lip

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cyan	SIE-an	English (Rare)
Konstancja	kawn-STAHNTS-yah	Polish
Dow	[dau]
Santtu	SAHNT-too	Finnish
Nacio	NAH-thyo (Spanish), NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Muireall	-	Scottish