Walk your talk In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "walk your talk", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2022-05-24 09:05

Meaning of Walk your talk

Synonyms:

talk the talk and walk the walk , keep one's promise

Walk your talk phrase

To do things in agreement with what one says.

 

John always walks his talk, so if he promised to pick you up, then he'll be here.

He boasted that he would defeat me easily in the match the next day. Let's see whether he can walk his talk.

Walking your talk will earn you the respect of surrounding people.

Grammar and Usage of Walk your talk

Verb Forms

  • walked your talk
  • walking your talk

The verb "walk" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Walk your talk

The original American expression is ‘walk the walk and talk the talk’ or sometimes the other way round, meaning that talk is useless without appropriate action to back it up. It is not known who actually coined it, but it began to appear in American newspapers during the early 1920s. It has now been abbreviated to walk the talk from the latter half of the 20th century.

 

The Origin Cited: phrases.org.uk .
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