Meanings
verbwalk the talk (third-person singular simple present walks the talk, present participle walking the talk, simple past and past participle walked the talk)
present singular third person walks the talk · participle present walking the talk · participle past walked the talk · past walked the talk
- USidiomaticinformalTo perform actions consistent with one's claims.
Translations
Arabic التزم بوعودك
- التزم بوعودكto act in accordance with one's words
Chinese Mandarin 言出必行, 說到做到 /说到做到
- 言出必行 (yán chū bì xíng)to act in accordance with one's words
- 說到做到 /说到做到 (shuō dào zuò dào)to act in accordance with one's words
- 言行一致 (yánxíngyīzhì)to act in accordance with one's words
Dutch de daad bij het woord voegen
- de daad bij het woord voegento act in accordance with one's words
Finnish pitää puheensa
- pitää puheensato act in accordance with one's words
French faut que les bottines suivent les babines
- faut que les bottines suivent les babinesto act in accordance with one's words
German seinen Worten Taten folgen lassen
- seinen Worten Taten folgen lassento act in accordance with one's words
Italian fare seguire alle parole i fatti
- fare seguire alle parole i fattito act in accordance with one's words
Polish przechodzić od słów do czynów, przejść od słów do czynów
- przechodzić od słów do czynówto act in accordance with one's words
- przejść od słów do czynówto act in accordance with one's words
Portuguese prometer e cumprir
- prometer e cumprirto act in accordance with one's words
Russian подкрепля́ть слова́ де́лом, подкрепи́ть слова́ де́лом
- подкрепля́ть слова́ де́лом (podkrepljátʹ slová délom)to act in accordance with one's words
- подкрепи́ть слова́ де́лом (podkrepítʹ slová délom)to act in accordance with one's words
Spanish pasar del dicho al hecho, actuar
- pasar del dicho al hechoto act in accordance with one's words
- actuarto act in accordance with one's words
- predicar con el ejemploto act in accordance with one's words
Cite this entry
APA
walk the talk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk%20the%20talk
MLA
“walk the talk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk%20the%20talk. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “walk the talk,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk%20the%20talk.
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