Break one's word
1break one's word — {v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./ …
2break one's word — {v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./ …
3break one's word — To fail to keep one s promise • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * fail to do what one has promised …
4break one's word — index fail (neglect), perjure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5break\ one's\ word — v. phr. To renege on a promise. When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed …
6break one's word — breach a promise, violate a promise, not to stand behind one s words …
7keep one's word — {v. phr.} To do what one has promised; fulfill one s promise. * /Paul kept his word and paid me the $250 that he owed me right on time./ …
8keep one's word — {v. phr.} To do what one has promised; fulfill one s promise. * /Paul kept his word and paid me the $250 that he owed me right on time./ …
9deny one's word — break one s promise …
10word — [wʉrd] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger wort < IE * werdh (extension of base * wer , to speak, say) > Gr eirein, to speak, L verbum, word] 1. a) a speech sound, or series of them, serving to communicate meaning and consisting of at least one… …
