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keep your word
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to do what you promised to do
'Your' changes to my, his, her and so on, but 'word' stays singular: 'keep my word'. The opposite is 'break your word'.
In context
Lan promised to help me move house, and she kept her word.
If you can't keep your word, people will soon stop trusting you.
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