"keep one's word" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: keeps one's word [present, singular, third-person], keeping one's word [participle, present], kept one's word [participle, past], kept one's word [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> one's word}} 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 Translations (do what one has said one will do): pitää sanansa (Finnish), tenir parole (French), betartja a szavát (Hungarian), mantenere la parola data (Italian), dotrzymywać słowa [imperfective] (Polish), dotrzymać słowa [perfective] (Polish), manter a palavra (Portuguese), manter sua palavra (Portuguese), сдержа́ть сло́во (sderžátʹ slóvo) (Russian), sözünü tutmak (Turkish)
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          "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
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          "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
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          "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
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          "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
          "word": "сдержа́ть сло́во"
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          "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
          "word": "sözünü tutmak"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "word": "pitää sanansa"
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    {
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      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "word": "tenir parole"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "word": "betartja a szavát"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "word": "mantenere la parola data"
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      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
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      "word": "dotrzymywać słowa"
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      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "dotrzymać słowa"
    },
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      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "word": "manter a palavra"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "word": "manter sua palavra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sderžátʹ slóvo",
      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "word": "сдержа́ть сло́во"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "do what one has said one will do",
      "word": "sözünü tutmak"
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