put your money where your mouth is
PUT yor MUN-ee WAIR yor MOWTH iz
pʊt jɔːr ˈmʌni wɛər jɔːr maʊθ ɪzListen
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to back up one's stated beliefs, values, or commitments with real financial resources or material sacrifice, rather than merely expressing them in words; the phrase challenges the gap between professed beliefs and actual behaviour by pointing out that true commitment is demonstrated by willingness to bear real costs; it is used to call out hypocrisy when people who claim to hold certain values fail to act on them when doing so would be costly, and to praise those who do act on their beliefs in the face of financial risk or sacrifice; in investment contexts it is used literally to urge investors to commit capital to the opportunities they claim to believe in rather than only talking about them
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