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Универсальный англо-русский словарь.
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2011.

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• break one’s word — {v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• break one’s word — {v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• break one’s word — To fail to keep one s promise • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * fail to do what one has promised …   Useful english dictionary

• break one’s word — index fail (neglect), perjure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• break one’s word — v. phr. To renege on a promise. When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed …   Словарь американских идиом

• break one’s word — breach a promise, violate a promise, not to stand behind one s words …   English contemporary dictionary

• keep one’s word — {v. phr.} To do what one has promised; fulfill one s promise. * /Paul kept his word and paid me the $250 that he owed me right on time./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• keep one’s word — {v. phr.} To do what one has promised; fulfill one s promise. * /Paul kept his word and paid me the $250 that he owed me right on time./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• deny one’s word — break one s promise …   English contemporary dictionary

• word — [wʉrd] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger wort < IE * werdh (extension of base * wer , to speak, say) > Gr eirein, to speak, L verbum, word] 1. a) a speech sound, or series of them, serving to communicate meaning and consisting of at least one… …   English World dictionary

• go back on one’s word — {v. phr.} To renege; break a promise. * /Patrick went back on his word when he refused to marry Karen in spite of his earlier promise./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

break one’s word

break one’s word

not to do what one said one would do; not to keep one’s promise. (Compare this with keep one’s word.) •

Don’t say you’ll visit your grandmother if you can’t go. She hates people to break their word.

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If you break your word, she won’t trust you again.

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{v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./

Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.

Look at other dictionaries:

• break one’s word — {v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• break one’s word — To fail to keep one s promise • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * fail to do what one has promised …   Useful english dictionary

• break one’s word — index fail (neglect), perjure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• break one’s word — v. phr. To renege on a promise. When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed …   Словарь американских идиом

• break one’s word — breach a promise, violate a promise, not to stand behind one s words …   English contemporary dictionary

• keep one’s word — {v. phr.} To do what one has promised; fulfill one s promise. * /Paul kept his word and paid me the $250 that he owed me right on time./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• keep one’s word — {v. phr.} To do what one has promised; fulfill one s promise. * /Paul kept his word and paid me the $250 that he owed me right on time./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• deny one’s word — break one s promise …   English contemporary dictionary

• word — [wʉrd] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger wort < IE * werdh (extension of base * wer , to speak, say) > Gr eirein, to speak, L verbum, word] 1. a) a speech sound, or series of them, serving to communicate meaning and consisting of at least one… …   English World dictionary

• go back on one’s word — {v. phr.} To renege; break a promise. * /Patrick went back on his word when he refused to marry Karen in spite of his earlier promise./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

break one’s word: translation

break one’s word

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{v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./

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break one’s word (third-person singular simple present breaks one’s word, present participle breaking one’s word, simple past broke one’s word, past participle broken one’s word)

1. To break a promise one has made.

   Synonyms: go back on one’s word, break one’s promise, renege on one’s promise

   Antonyms: keep one’s word, stay true to one’s word, be as good as one’s word, deliver the goods

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Further reading[edit]

• “break one’s word”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “break ones word”, in Collins English Dictionary.