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man of his word



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Idioms and Phrases

A man who keeps promises, who can be trusted, as in You can count on Rudy—he's a man of his word . This expression, which uses word in the sense of “a promise or undertaking,†was first recorded in 1542.
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Ukraine, he suggested, was "a false country", Russia had been provoked and Putin was a man of his word who could be trusted.

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He’s a man of his word and precise in his actions, usually the smartest guy in the room and always the quietest.

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Carter — who died Sunday at the age of 100 — was, as always, a man of his word.

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“I believe he's a man of his word,†Evans told the BBC.

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Of course, he's not exactly a man of his word so I wouldn't take that to the bank.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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