break one's promise

break one's promise
index betray (lead astray), fail (neglect)

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  • break one's promise to — index disappoint Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • break one's word — {v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • break one's word — {v. phr.} To renege on a promise. * /When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • break one's word — To fail to keep one s promise • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * fail to do what one has promised …   Useful english dictionary

  • break one's word — breach a promise, violate a promise, not to stand behind one s words …   English contemporary dictionary

  • break\ one's\ word — v. phr. To renege on a promise. When Jake broke his word that he would marry Sarah, she became very depressed …   Словарь американских идиом

  • break faith with — BE DISLOYAL TO, be unfaithful to, be untrue to, betray, play someone false, break one s promise to, fail, let down; double cross, deceive, cheat, stab in the back; informal do the dirty on. → faith * * * break faith with phrase to stop supporting …   Useful english dictionary

  • break faith with — our own chairman has broken faith with this organization Syn: be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, be untrue to, betray, play someone false, break one s promise to, fail, let down; double cross, deceive, cheat, stab in the back …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • Break — (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deny one's word — break one s promise …   English contemporary dictionary

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