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MAKE GOOD
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act as promised
Example:
make good on promises
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "make good" is one way to...):
keep; observe (conform one's action or practice to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
The good part about having so much to do is that you will make good money now.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
But, touching what you say of the river, we can take heed that we shall not have it at the back of us, for the prince hath now advanced to Salvatierra, and thence to Vittoria, so that if we come upon their camp from the further side we can make good our retreat.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From the assurance of Professor Challenger's manner—and in spite of the continued scepticism of Professor Summerlee—I have no doubt that our leader will make good his statement, and that we are really on the eve of some most remarkable experiences.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He stopped and looked at me, and said:—My friend John, when the corn is grown, even before it has ripened—while the milk of its mother-earth is in him, and the sunshine has not yet begun to paint him with his gold, the husbandman he pull the ear and rub him between his rough hands, and blow away the green chaff, and say to you: 'Look! he's good corn; he will make good crop when the time comes.'
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
You thought you did not let me know that dear worry of yours, but I did, and I wanted to—'to make good,' as Martin Eden says.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
You can elevate your status in your company and possibly the entire industry, and you will make good money, too.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
To use his own phrase, they made good, and he did not make good.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A new moon in Sagittarius at four degrees on November 26 will light your home sector and allow you to make good progress on your aims to move or to dress up your home, make repairs, or find a new roommate if necessary.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"It's up to me to make good," he would murmur fervently.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"I can make good on the income, but the other things have to be made good for—" He almost said "you," then amended his sentence to, "have to be made good for one."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
