broken promise
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbrokenandpromise
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broken
adjective
uk/ˈbrəʊ.kən/us/ˈbroʊ.kən/
damaged, no longer able ...
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promise
noun
uk/ˈprɒm.ɪs/us/ˈprɑː.mɪs/
the act of saying that you will certainly ...
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(Definition ofbrokenandpromisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Is it yet anotherbrokenpromiseto add to a litany of broken promises?
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I should add that this business of the refinancing of the fourth framework programme combines abrokenpromisewith a sorry display of weakness.
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There is a world of difference between a disappointed hope and abrokenpromise.
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The question that some are asking is how long it takes before an early pledge becomes abrokenpromise.
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It sounds like anotherbrokenpromiseto me.
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On the other hand, the fault for abrokenpromisemay lie with some unforeseen event beyond the promiser's control.
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We are looking not only at an excessive tax on the daily fare of ordinary working people but at abrokenpromise.
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I will say this, it will be the firstbrokenpromisewhich will be apparent when they get back into power—if they ever do so.
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I do not regard that as abrokenpromise.
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Nearly three years in office, and there has been no start made to the pilot scheme and abrokenpromisein the funding.
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Will he consider that as a matter of urgency rather than leaving it as just anotherbrokenpromise?
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That is the reality of anotherbrokenpromise.
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Come the next general election, they will remember thatbrokenpromise.
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It appears that we are to have yet anotherbrokenpromise.
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Thatbrokenpromisebrings us to this position today.
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That is the first, and the worst,brokenpromise.
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I lament what is a great betrayal and abrokenpromise.
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This year's financial settlement for local government has been not only abrokenpromisebut an outright con trick.
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I think it is clearly abrokenpromiseand one we shall expose and oppose as strongly and as vigorously as we can.
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I say "sad" because we are witnessing yet anotherbrokenpromiseto the teaching profession.
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