keep one's word

Idioms  

1. Honor one's promises, as in You can count on Richard; he'll keep his word. This expression employs word in the sense of “a promise,” a usage dating from the late 1500s. For an antonym, see go back on.

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Example Sentences

If you have promised things to other people—— My father always said that one must keep one's word.'

From Vestigia Vol. II. by Fleming, George

Not to keep one's word, to play a hopeless part in the dark, to leap when the numma wapew is over the eyes and you are blind—that takes a man.

From God's Country—And the Woman by Curwood, James Oliver

"It is often said to be a heathen virtue to keep one's word," said Janetta, with a half smile.

From A True Friend A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

Show me a land where it is a crime to keep one's word, to be merciful, benevolent, magnanimous, where the upright man is despised and the faithless honored!

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

Still, she had promised, and one should keep one’s word unless the keeping becomes impossible.

From The Late Tenant by Tracy, Louis