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actions speak louder than words

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Actions speak louder than words.
something that you say which means that what you do is more important than what you say. Of course the government have made all sorts of promises but as we all know, actions speak louder than words.
See also: action, speak, word
actions speak louder than words
what someone does is more important than what someone says. You have to prepare for what your opponents could do, not what they say they'll do, because actions speak louder than words.
See also: action, speak, word
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To the type of mind that Millbourne breeds, actions speak louder than words, and Ted Pringle, who had gaped, gaped no more.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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