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Idiom

come up with the goods

Meaning

To produce what was expected or required.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The team needs to come up with the goods by Friday.”

“We were worried the new designer would fail, but she really came up with the goods for the presentation.”

“Although the critics initially doubted his ability to adapt, the director ultimately came up with the goods, delivering a film that was both commercially successful and artistically profound.”

Examples

simple

“The team needs to come up with the goods by Friday.”

contextual

“We were worried the new designer would fail, but she really came up with the goods for the presentation.”

complex

“Although the critics initially doubted his ability to adapt, the director ultimately came up with the goods, delivering a film that was both commercially successful and artistically profound.”

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