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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

b. : indemnify

the insurance company made good the loss

c. : to carry out (a promise or prediction) : fulfill
d. : prove, verify

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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.