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be as good as one's wordDo what one has promised to do: Philip was as good as his word about turning Richard into an actor...- Our pilot, Dan, a young clean-cut Melburnian, promises us a spectacular trip and he is as good as his word.
- He wrote to my wife, Jeanette, while I was in prison, reassuring her that he would look after me, and he was as good as his word.
- Last week the Town Clerk was as good as his word when a total of 25 lime trees were put in specially prepared beds along the avenue.
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