phrasal verb/idiom · neutral
give one's word
UK/ɡɪv wʌnz wɜːd/US/ɡɪv wʌnz wɝd/give· one's· WORD
speaking
to promise someone seriously that you will do something
Examples
“I gave my word that I'd help her with the presentation.”
“Can you give me your word you won't tell anyone?”
“He gave his word to the landlord he'd fix the problem.”
Band 8 sentence
“I can give you my word that the data will be anonymised before publication.”
Collocations
- give someone your/one's word
- give your word that + clause
- keep/hold your word
Word family
give verbword nounpromise verb / noun
Common mistakes
give word to someone→give one's word to someone
gave my words→gave my word
Say it for a higher band
5promise→6say I'll do it→7+give one's word
Synonyms
promise
guarantee
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