- keep your word
- keep (your) word
to do what you promise to do.
Opposite of: break (your) word
He is someone who keeps his word — you can rely on that.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
keep your word
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keep your word — phrase to do what you promised to do She always keeps her word. Thesaurus: to keep a promisesynonym Main entry: word … Useful english dictionary
keep your word — do as you promise, keep a promise You can depend on him. He always keeps his word … English idioms
keep your word — to do what you promised to do She always keeps her word … English dictionary
break your word — break (your) word to fail to keep a promise. He has broken his word so many times that no one can believe him any more … New idioms dictionary
keep word — keep (your) word to do what you promise to do. He is someone who keeps his word you can rely on that. Opposite of: break (your) word … New idioms dictionary
be as good as your word — be as good as (your) word to keep a promise. Jack said he would call and he was as good as his word … New idioms dictionary
keep — keep1 W1S1 [ki:p] v past tense and past participle kept [kept] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not change)¦ 2¦(continue doing something)¦ 3¦(not give back)¦ 4¦(not lose)¦ 5¦(store something)¦ 6¦(make somebody stay in a place)¦ 7¦(delay somebody)¦ 8¦(do what you… … Dictionary of contemporary English
keep — 1 /ki:p/ verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/ 1 NOT GIVE BACK (T) to have something and not need to give it back: You can keep it. I don t need it. | Try it for a week and we guarantee you ll want to keep it. 2 NOT LOSE (T) to continue … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
keep — I UK [kiːp] / US [kɪp] verb Word forms keep : present tense I/you/we/they keep he/she/it keeps present participle keeping past tense kept UK [kept] / US past participle kept *** 1) a) [intransitive] to stay in a state, position, or place without… … English dictionary
keep — keep1 [ kip ] (past tense and past participle kept [ kept ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stay in state/position ▸ 2 (make) continue/repeat ▸ 3 continue to have ▸ 4 store ▸ 5 (make) stay within limit ▸ 6 do what you said ▸ 7 provide money for ▸ 8 take care of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
