practise what you preach
Definition
› to do the things that you advise other people to do: He's such a hypocrite! He never practises what he preaches.Honesty, openness and sincerity
(Definition of practise what you preach from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board idiom
- artless adjective
- be on the level idiom
- candid adjective
- honestly adverb
- honourable adjective
- in all honesty/seriousness/truthfulness idiom
- in good faith idiom
- integrity noun (HONESTY)
- joking apart/aside idiom
- sincere adjective
- sincerely adverb
- sincerity noun
- spotless adjective (GOOD)
- squeaky-clean adjective
- straight arrow idiom
- transparency noun (OPEN)
- transparent adjective (WITHOUT SECRETS)
- upright adjective (MORAL)
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