be as good as your word
Definition
› to do everything that you promise someone you will: He said he'd call every day and he was as good as his word.Loyal, faithful and dependable
(Definition of be as good as your word from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a safe pair of hands idiom
- allegiance noun
- be there for sb idiom
- constancy noun (LOYALTY)
- dedicated adjective
- faithful adjective (LOYAL)
- faithful noun
- faithful noun (SUPPORTER)
- faithfully adverb (LOYALLY)
- faithfulness noun
- fidelity noun (LOYALTY)
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