"of one's word" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. That keeps promises and tells the truth. Related terms: good as one's word Translations (that keeps promises and tells the truth): 言出必行的 (yánchūbìxíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), sanansa mittainen (Finnish), de parole (French), სიტყვის კაცი (siṭq̇vis ḳaci) (english: man of one's word:) (Georgian), szavatartó (Hungarian), di parola (Italian), słowny (Polish), челове́к сло́ва (čelovék slóva) [masculine, person] (Russian), de palabra (Spanish), sözünün eri (Turkish)
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