i promise

Meaning

1. Editorial75% of films

   A personal guarantee that you will do something or that something will happen, said so the other person can rely on you.

2. Editorial25% of films

   An emphatic assurance that what you just said is true, asking the listener to trust you.

In the movies · 146

• I promise, by the time you're done eating it ...The Matrix1999
• I swear I will fill your spot. I promise.The Pursuit of Happyness2006
• - Promise? - I promise.Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• I promise, I promise.The Count of Monte Cristo2002
• I promise you.Wonder2017
• I promise you.This Is England2007
• I promise that.Knives Out2019
• I promise, okay?Circle2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Knives Out2019
  • Police Question the Thrombeys
  • Blanc Introduces Himself to the Family
  • The Family Recounts Party Night

More everyday phrases

• my pleasure
• what's the matter
• how have you been
• for instance
• are you okay
• what's up
• not exactly
• what's wrong
• i'm so sorry
• here we go
• what do you want
• are you sure