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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keep one's word

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 James Oliver Curwood

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

From Vestigia Vol. II. by George Fleming

"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 Adeline Sergeant

He showed how much more creditable were the artless virtues of honesty and truthfulness; how better it was to keep one's word, to be kind-hearted and dutiful.

From The Hero by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

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

From The Late Tenant by Louis Tracy