Collocations for "promise"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "promise" in context.
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promise
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- promise to [go, come, have, make, pay, give, do]
- promise to [be back, return] by
- promise to be good
- promise not to tell
- promise to love and [care, honor]
- do you promise?
- promised (me) the world
- that promises the world
- I can't promise (you) anything
- I promise!
- I promise on my mother's [grave, life]
- promise me (that) [you'll, you will, you won't]
- promise that we can [go]
- but you promised (that you would)
- promise (to) your [parents, daughter, husband] that
- pinky promise to
- promise a reward for
- was promised a [raise, promotion]
- promised his hand in marriage
- promise a [new, full, free, better]
- (it) promises to be a great [novel, match, movie]
- a [serious, sincere, broken, firm, hollow] promise
- [kept, broke] her promise
- kept her promise to [write, pay, return]
- [rarely, always, never, barely] keeps his promises
- the [company, government, bank] delivered on its promise (to)
- the promise of a better life
- the [child, student, player] shows promise
- is showing [signs of, great] promise
- there are [significant, evident, some] signs of promise
- showed promise from a [young, early] age
- the sky [gave, suggested] promise of (better weather)
- the promise of better [weather, times, performance]
'promise' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accident
- appeal
- attendance
- binding
- cherish
- committed
- con
- conscience
- damn
- deliver
- developer
- earnest
- easier
- enhancement
- fulfill
- fulfillment
- good
- halve
- lick
- loyal
- lure
- par
- redeem
- refund
- show
- sincere
- solid
- sweet
- tell
- tempt
- threat
- tightly
- truth
- welsh
- whole
- word
- worthless
- written