false promise

collocation in English

meaningsoffalseandpromise

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false
adjective
uk
/fɒls/us
/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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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 offalseandpromisefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffalse promise

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Because so few people are likely to have a transplant, relatively few are given thefalsepromiseof being placed on a transplant waiting list.
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In reality, they deceive them, obtaining money from them in exchange for afalsepromise.
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This kind of politics, and this kind offalsepromise, can do nothing for the good of democracy.
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I have not made, and have no intention of making, any suchfalsepromise.
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Complications, intricacies, mazes, formulas—these are the characteristics of something that is based on afalsepromise.
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Behind the legislation lies afalsepromise.
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What an extraordinary state of affairs and what afalsepromiseof regulation.
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It is an illusion, afalsepromise.
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The rule of law, according to critical race theorists, is afalsepromiseof principled government, and they have lost patience with false promises.
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He was determined, however, not to be fooled by any further false promises.
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In the case of false promises the answer must be that he cannot.
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Those contracted were depicted as ingenuous and ignorant, constantly deceived by false promises.
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But, the maxim of making afalsepromisein order to attain a loan relies on the very institution of promise-making that universalizing this maxim destroys.
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For example, suppose a person in need of money makes it her maxim to attain a loan by making afalsepromiseto pay it back.
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But, at the same time, we should not give false promises that it will be easy: it is a heavy, tough undertaking.
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The debate revolved around false promises and comparing records.
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Instead of window-dressing and false promises, could not this industry have something?
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I also remember the false promises that were made particularly with regard to bringing down food prices.
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Are we to believe today's promises any more than we should have believed the false promises that were given in the 1980s?
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