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make good on

make good on verb: to fulfill or honor (a promise, prediction, etc).

Verb

make good on (third-person singular simple present makes good on, present participle making good on, simple past and past participle made good on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To fulfill or honor (a promise, prediction, etc).
    • By now South Koreans understand Pyongyang’s logic and know North Korea is highly unlikely to make good on its gothic threats.2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times
    • The result ensured that manager Sam Allardyce made good on his promise to take the Hammers back into the top flight after his team narrowly missed out on automatic promotion at the end of the regular season.2012 May 19, Paul Fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, in BBC Sport

Forms of make good on

third-person singular presentmakes good on
present participlemaking good on
past participlemade good on
pastmade good on

Questions about make good on

What does make good on mean?
Make good on means to fulfill or honor (a promise, prediction, etc).
What part of speech is make good on?
Make good on is a verb.
What is the past tense of make good on?
The past tense of make good on is made good on.

Words near make good on in the dictionary

  1. make friends
  2. make fun of
  3. make game of
  4. make garden
  5. make good
  6. make good on
  7. make good one's running
  8. make good time
  9. make ground
  10. make happen
  11. make hard work of

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