suit one's actions to one's words
- suit one's actions to one's words
suit one's actions to one's words
to behave in accordance with what one has said; to do what one has promised or threatened to do. •
Mr. Smith suited his actions to his words and punished the children.
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John threatened to quit, and when he didn't get his way, he suited his actions to his words.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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