walk the walk
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwalk the walkwalk the walkto do the things that people expect or think are necessary in a particular situation People are motivated by leaders who actually walk the walk. → talk the talk → walkExamples from the Corpuswalk the walk• People are motivated by leaders who actually walk the walk.• And then Hicks walked the walk, or, more accurately, ran it.• But he's got to walk the walk.