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keep faith with

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keep faith with someone
to be loyal to someone. I intend to keep faith with my people and all they stand for. We could not keep faith with them any longer.
See also: faith, keep

keep faith with something/somebody   (formal)
to continue to support an idea or person, especially by doing what you promised to do Has the company kept faith with its promise to invest in training?
See also: faith, keep

keep faith with somebody/something (slightly formal)
to be loyal to someone or something It is unusual for any official to keep faith with promises made when trying to win an election.
See also: faith, keep


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If men were entirely good this precept would not hold, but because they are bad, and will not keep faith with you, you too are not bound to observe it with them.
Since you have no desire to keep faith with me by upholding the rules, of which you are quite old enough to understand the necessity, I shall not trouble you with reproaches, or appeals to which I am now convinced that you would not respond," (here Miss Carpenter, with an inarticulate protest, burst into tears); "but you should at least think of the danger into which your juniors are led by your childishness.
Understand, I've no reason to defend him, or even keep faith with him.
 
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