держать свое слово

• ДЕРЖАТЬ/СДЕРЖАТЬ (СВОЕ) СЛОВО{{}}

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ to fulfill one's promise:

- X сдержал слово{{}}≈ X kept his word (promise);

- X was true to his word;

- X was as good as his word;

- X made good on his promise;

|| Neg X не сдержал слова{{}}≈ X went back on his word;

- X failed to keep his word;

- X broke his promise.

     ♦ Бенгальский сдержал слово и никому не сказал, что гейшею был наряжен мальчик (Сологуб 1). Bengal'sky kept his word and didn't tell anyone that the geisha was a disguised boy (1a).

     ♦ [Глагольев 1:] Софья Егоровна, милейший мой друг, дала мне слово, что в четверг вы все будете у меня... [Войницев:] Мы и сдержим это слово (Чехов 1). [G. Sr.:] Sonya promised you'd all come over to my place on Thursday, old friend. ... [V.: ] We'll be as good as our word... (1b).