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make good on

idiom

To fulfill or honor (a promise, prediction etc).


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a good deal

    Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.

  2. 02

    all good

    It's all good.

  3. 03

    but good

    To a high degree; very thoroughly; in a most definite manner.

  4. 04

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  5. 05

    come from a good place

    To be motivated by decency, kindness, or good intentions.

  6. 06

    deal a good hand

    To assign favorable circumstances in life to someone.

  7. 07

    do well by doing good

    To achieve social acceptance or financial success as a result of behaving in a benevolent or charitable manner.

  8. 08

    doctors make the worst patients

    It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

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