"promise" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He backed away from his promise not to raise taxes, and set off a flurry of complaints by floating a short-lived proposal to raise property taxes in low-income neighborhoods.
- Even Gov. Gray Davis seems to be backing away from his promise that rates would not rise.
- "Bush is going to have a hard time backing away from his promise of "benchmarks." "
- Mikheyev had been paid handsomely for the ambitious plan, and now, just minutes from his drop, he was trying to back away from his promise.
- Steven Hoffenberg, the prospective new publisher, said yesterday that he was not backing away from his promise to buy the newspaper.
- Mr. Gore's spokeswoman, Marla Romash, said today that the Vice President was not backing away from his promise.
- Let it not be said that thousands more Iraqis died needlessly because America walked away from its promise of health clinics with less than 15 percent of the job done.
- I wanted away from the graves and their promise of power.
- Supporters of abortion rights hailed Mr. Clinton's move, but opponents of abortion said he was moving away from his promise to make abortion "safe, legal and rare."
- But Crimea's new President has backed away from his promise to hold a referendum on seceding from Ukraine.
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