make good

make good
verb
act as promised (Freq. 1)
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make good on promises

• Hypernyms: ↑observe, ↑keep
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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phrasal
: to make valid or complete

made good his escape

as
a. : to make up or compensate for (a deficiency)

make good previous neglect of his child

the insurance company made good the loss

c. : to carry out (a promise or prediction) : fulfill

make good a charge

e. : to prove to be capable and efficient

made good in his first job

: justify by success a course of action or an expectation : succeed

the play made good at the box office

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make good
1. To fulfil, perform
2. To compensate
3. To become successful, esp unexpectedly
4. To do well, redeeming an unpromising false start
5. To repair
6. To justify
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Main Entry: ↑good
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make good, make light of, make little of, make love to, make merry see under ↑good, etc.
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Main Entry: ↑make

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make good informal phrase
to become successful

He’s a local boy made good.

Thesaurus: to be, or to become successfulsynonym
Main entry: good

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be successful

a college friend who made good in Hollywood

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make good
1 : to become successful

It's a story about a kid from a small town trying to make good in the big city.

◇ If you make good your escape, you escape successfully.

The prisoners dug a tunnel under the fence and made good their escape.

2 : to do something that you have promised or threatened to do

He made good his promise.

— usually + on in U.S. English

He made good on his promise.

They made good on their threat and forced the company to go out of business.

3 a : to pay for (something)
— usually + on

The insurance company was required to make good on the loss.

3 b chiefly Brit : to repair (something)

The contract obliges you to make good any damaged windows.

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Main Entry: ↑good

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make ˈgood idiom
to become rich and successful
Main entry: ↑makeidiom

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  • make good on — (something) American & Australian, informal to give back money that you owe someone, or to keep a promise to do something. I want to make good on that loan I got from Joan. Tom made good on his promise to paint the living room …   New idioms dictionary

  • make good — (someone s something) to succeed in doing something difficult. She made good her escape from the hospital …   New idioms dictionary

  • make good (to) —  Make an adjustment or special allowance when a problem arises; a free repeat of an advertisement when there has been a mistake.  ► “They [global managers] seriously doubt the U.S. Treasury would fail to make good its interest payments on its… …   American business jargon

  • make good — ► make good 1) compensate for (loss, damage, or expense). 2) fulfil (a promise or claim). 3) be successful. Main Entry: ↑good …   English terms dictionary

  • make good — index fulfill, indemnify, keep (fulfill), pay, recoup (reimburse), redress, refund …   Law dictionary

  • make good — {v. phr.} 1. To do what one promised to do; make something come true. * /Mr. Smith borrowed some money. He promised to pay it back on payday. He made good his promise./ * /Joe made good his boast to swim across the lake./ * /John s mother… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make good — {v. phr.} 1. To do what one promised to do; make something come true. * /Mr. Smith borrowed some money. He promised to pay it back on payday. He made good his promise./ * /Joe made good his boast to swim across the lake./ * /John s mother… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make\ good — v. phr. 1. To do what one promised to do; make something come true. Mr. Smith borrowed some money. He promised to pay it back on payday. He made good his promise. Joe made good his boast to swim across the lake. John s mother promised to take him …   Словарь американских идиом

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