verb
attain success or reach a desired goal
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The enterprise succeeded
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We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
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she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
• Syn: ↑succeed, ↑win, ↑come through, ↑bring home the bacon
• Hyponyms:
↑hit, ↑pull off, ↑negociate, ↑bring off, ↑carry off, ↑manage, ↑pass, ↑clear, ↑luck out, ↑hit the jackpot, ↑nail down, ↑nail, ↑peg, ↑make it, ↑run, ↑work, ↑act, ↑pan out, ↑achieve, ↑accomplish, ↑attain, ↑reach, ↑arrive, ↑get in, ↑go far
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s PP
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Somebody ——s to INFINITIVE
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phrasal : to give results that are promised, expected, or desired
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deliver the goods (informal)
To carry out what is required or promised
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Main Entry: ↑deliver
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deliver the goods phrase
to do something that you have promised to do or are expected to do
People doubt that the Minister can really deliver the goods.
Thesaurus: to keep a promisesynonym
Main entry: deliver
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informal provide what is promised or expected
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deliver the goods (or chiefly Brit come up with the goods)
informal : to produce the desired or promised results : to do what is wanted or expected
We knew we could count on him to deliver the goods. [=get the job done]
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Main Entry: ↑good
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deliver the ˈgoods | come up with the ˈgoods idiom
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We expected great things of the England team, but on the day they simply failed to deliver the goods.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.