promises, promises

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promises, promises

  1. (humorous) A response to a promise suggesting doubt that the promise will be kept.
  2. (humorous or sarcastic) A response to a threat, implying that the threat is empty and, often, also that it is ineffective because it involves something that the person threatened would actually like to happen.