promise

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AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD,

LICK AND A PROMISE.

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[lick and a promise] {n. phr.}, {informal} A careless, hasty job; an unsatisfactory piece of work. * /You didn't wash your hands. You just gave them a lick and a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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