FAIL TO LIVE UP TO ONE'S PROMISES

Meaning of FAIL TO LIVE UP TO ONE'S PROMISES in English

not keep one's word, not keep one's promise

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UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAIL — I. ˈfāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English faillen, failen, from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FAIL — (v. i.) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIVE — live 1 /liv/ , v. , lived /livd/ , living . v.i. 1. to have life, as an organism; be …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAIL — /fayl/ , v.i. 1. to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIVE — I. ˈliv verb ( lived ; liv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English libban; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FAIL — I. ˈfāl verb Etymology: Middle English failen, from Anglo-French faillir, from Vulgar Latin * fallire, alteration of Latin fallere to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
LIVE — adj vivid; bright. 2. live ·noun life. 3. live ·adj having life; alive; living; not dead. 4. live ·adj imparting …
Webster English vocab
FAIL — vi death; decease. 2. fail ·vi to err in judgment; to be mistaken. 3. fail ·vt to miss of attaining; …
Webster English vocab
LIVE — [live] vb lived ; liv.ing [ME, fr. OE libban; akin to OHG leben to live] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FAIL — [fail] vb [ME failen, fr. OF faillir, fr. (assumed) VL fallire, alter. of L fallere to deceive, disappoint] vi (13c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIVE — I live BrE AmE v lɪv ▷ lived lɪvd ▷ lives lɪvz ▷ living ˈlɪv ɪŋ II live adjective, adverb …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIVE — I . / lɪv; NAmE / verb —see also live (II) IN A PLACE 1. [ v + adv. / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAIL — / feɪl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb NOT SUCCEED 1. fail (in sth) to not be successful in …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIVE — I. live 1 S1 W1 /lɪv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ live , ↑ outlive , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FAIL — I. fail 1 S2 W1 /feɪl/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ fail , ↑ failure , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
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ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIVE — v. 1 intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed (lives …
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FAIL — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. not succeed (failed in persuading; failed to qualify; tried but failed). 2 a tr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIVE — adj. 1 (attrib.) that is alive; living. 2 (of a broadcast) heard or seen at the time of its performance, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIVE — v. 1 intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed (lives …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FAIL — v. & n. v. 1 intr. not succeed (failed in persuading; failed to qualify; tried but failed). 2 a tr. …
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ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
LIVE — 1. v. 1. intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed …
Oxford English vocab
FAIL — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. not succeed (failed in persuading; failed to qualify; tried but failed). 2 a tr. …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIVE — I. VERB USES /lɪv/ ( lives, living, lived) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FAIL — ( fails, failing, failed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAIL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a business collapses/fails (= stops operating ) ▪ 35% of small businesses fail in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAIL — (NOT DO) [verb] [I] - to not do something which you should doHe promised to help, but he failed to …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE — I. verb 1 in a place ADVERB ▪ alone ▪ together ▪ She disapproves of unmarried couples living together. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FAIL — verb 1 not succeed ADVERB ▪ dismally , miserably ▪ I tried to cheer her up, but ~ed miserably. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — See ↑ ALIVE 2, ↑ LIVE 1, ↑ SURVIVE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be fit to live in • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — INDEX: 1. to live in a place 2. to start to live in a place 3. when you live in …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAIL — See ↑ BROKEN/NOT BROKEN 4, ↑ EFFECTIVE/NOT EFFECTIVE 4, ↑ FAIL 1,2,6,7,8, ↑ TEST 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ never fails/can't …
Longman Activator English vocab
FAIL — INDEX: 1. when you do not succeed 2. when a plan or attempt fails 3. to have the opposite effect …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective live bait : LIVING, alive, having life, breathing, animate, sentient. a live performance : IN THE FLESH, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE — adj. 25B6; verb the greatest mathematician who ever lived : EXIST, be alive, be, have life; breathe, draw breath, walk …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE — adj. 1 living, breathing, animate, viable, existent; material, physical, tangible, real, actual, palpable She said she'd rather be a live …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LIVE — [common] Opposite of `test'. Refers to actual real-world data or a program working with it. For example, the response to …
Jargon File English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
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