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keep one's word
keep one's word
keep one's word
Honor one's promises, as in
You can count on Richard; he'll keep his word
. This expression employs
word
in the sense of "a promise," a usage dating from the late 1500s. For an antonym, see
go back on
.
See also:
keep
,
word
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Ochieng
-
Eastern African, Luo
Heino
HIE-no
(German)
, HAY-no
(Finnish)
German, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Estonian
ElÉOnore
e-le-o-NOR
French
Trent
[trent]
SÉArlas
SHAHR-las
Irish
Vladimira
-
Slovene, Croatian
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