keep one's word

English

Verb

keep one's word (third-person singular simple present keeps one's word, present participle keeping one's word, simple past and past participle kept one's word)

1. Do what one has said one will do.

   Synonyms: stay true to one's word, be as good as one's word, deliver the goods

   Antonym: break one's word

Translations

do what one has said one will do

• Finnish: pitää sanansa
• French: tenir parole (fr)
• Hungarian: betartja a szavát
• Italian: mantenere la parola data
• Polish: dotrzymywać słowa impf, dotrzymać słowa pf
• Portuguese: manter a palavra, manter sua palavra
• Russian: сдержа́ть сло́во (sderžátʹ slóvo)
• Turkish: sözünü tutmak (tr)

References

• “keep one's word”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “keep your word” (US) / “keep your word” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.