keep a promise

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To keep a promise is to do exactly what you said you would do. Not more, not a substitute — the actual thing, on the actual day.

Keep is the holding verb, so the picture is of carrying something safely for a while rather than performing a duty, which is why keep your word works the same way and honour it sounds like a contract. It takes to: she kept a promise to her brother. Break is its opposite and the pairing is fixed — one you did not keep is broken, never lost.

Definitions of keep a promise

1phrasekeep a promiseTo do exactly what you said you would do.B1
“Children remember whether you keep a promise.”
synonyms: keep your word

keep a promise is an act of doing what you said.

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keep a promise

phraseB1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To keep a promise is to do exactly what you said you would do. Not more, not a substitute — the actual thing, on the actual day.

Definitions of keep a promise

1phrasekeep a promiseTo do exactly what you said you would do.B1
“Children remember whether you keep a promise.”
synonyms: keep your word

keep a promise is an act of doing what you said.

Practised in Common Word Pairs

Practise this word