"walk the talk" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-walk the talk.ogg Forms: walks the talk [present, singular, third-person], walking the talk [participle, present], walked the talk [participle, past], walked the talk [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} walk the talk (third-person singular simple present walks the talk, present participle walking the talk, simple past and past participle walked the talk)
  1. (idiomatic, US) To perform actions consistent with one's claims. Tags: US, idiomatic Related terms: walk the walk, talk the talk Translations (to act in accordance with one's words): التزم بوعودك (Arabic), խոսքն ու գործը մեկ անել (xoskʻn u gorcə mek anel) (Armenian), 言出必行 (yán chū bì xíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 說到做到 (Chinese Mandarin), 说到做到 (shuō dào zuò dào) (Chinese Mandarin), 言行一致 (yánxíngyīzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), de daad bij het woord voegen (Dutch), pitää puheensa (Finnish), faut que les bottines suivent les babines (French), seinen Worten Taten folgen lassen (German), fare seguire alle parole i fatti (Italian), przechodzić od słów do czynów [imperfective] (Polish), przejść od słów do czynów [perfective] (Polish), prometer e cumprir (Portuguese), подкрепля́ть слова́ де́лом (podkrepljátʹ slová délom) [imperfective] (Russian), подкрепи́ть слова́ де́лом (podkrepítʹ slová délom) [perfective] (Russian), pasar del dicho al hecho (Spanish), actuar (Spanish), predicar con el ejemplo (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic, US) To perform actions consistent with one's claims."
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          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
          "word": "التزم بوعودك"
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          "word": "խոսքն ու գործը մեկ անել"
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          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
          "word": "說到做到"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
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          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
          "word": "faut que les bottines suivent les babines"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
          "word": "seinen Worten Taten folgen lassen"
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          "word": "fare seguire alle parole i fatti"
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          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
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          "roman": "podkrepljátʹ slová délom",
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          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
          "word": "pasar del dicho al hecho"
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          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
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      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
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      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "說到做到"
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      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "说到做到"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "言行一致"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "de daad bij het woord voegen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "pitää puheensa"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "faut que les bottines suivent les babines"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "seinen Worten Taten folgen lassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "fare seguire alle parole i fatti"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "przechodzić od słów do czynów"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "prometer e cumprir"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "podkrepljátʹ slová délom",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
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      "roman": "podkrepítʹ slová délom",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
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      "word": "подкрепи́ть слова́ де́лом"
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      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "pasar del dicho al hecho"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "actuar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to act in accordance with one's words",
      "word": "predicar con el ejemplo"
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