Meanings
verbkeep 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)
present singular third person keeps one's word · participle present keeping one's word · participle past kept one's word · past kept one's word
- 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 · Antonyms: break one's word
Synonyms & antonyms
verbDo what one has said one will do.
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Translations
Finnish pitää sanansa
- pitää sanansado what one has said one will do
French tenir parole
- tenir paroledo what one has said one will do
German Wort halten
- Wort haltendo what one has said one will do
Hungarian betartja a szavát
- betartja a szavátdo what one has said one will do
Italian mantenere la parola data
- mantenere la parola datado what one has said one will do
Polish dotrzymywać słowa, dotrzymać słowa
- dotrzymywać słowado what one has said one will do
- dotrzymać słowado what one has said one will do
Portuguese manter a palavra, manter sua palavra
- manter a palavrado what one has said one will do
- manter sua palavrado what one has said one will do
Russian сдержа́ть сло́во
- сдержа́ть сло́во (sderžátʹ slóvo)do what one has said one will do
Turkish sözünü tutmak
- sözünü tutmakdo what one has said one will do
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“keep one's word.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20one's%20word. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keep one's word,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keep%20one's%20word.
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