your word is your bond
old-fashioned or formalDefinition
› If someone's word is their bond, they always keep their promises: "But listen, you must promise never to tell anyone." "My word is my bond."Making and breaking promises and commitments
(Definition of your word is your bond from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- broken adjective (NOT KEPT)
- commit verb (PROMISE)
- cross my heart (and hope to die) idiom
- deliver verb (PRODUCE)
- fink out phrasal verb
- oath noun (PROMISE)
- pact noun
- promise noun (SAY CERTAINLY)
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- redeem verb (SATISFY)
- resolution noun (DECISION)
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- swear verb (PROMISE)
- sworn adjective
- vouch for sth/sb phrasal verb
- vouch verb
- warrant verb (PROMISE)
- warranty noun
- welsh verb
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