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Make good

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To achieve substantial success in life, often in business. idiomatic, intransitive

    "Near-synonym: come good"

  2. 2
    act as promised wordnet
  3. 3
    To complete successfully; to fulfil (a promise). intransitive, transitive, with-on

    "He made good his threat and made good his escape by jumping from a second-story window."

  4. 4
    To match the first player's bet with one's own, rather than dropping out.

    "After all the players who determine to go in have made good the bet of the player who opened the Jack Pot, and the hands have been filled […]"

  5. 5
    To remedy or compensate for (a defect or deficiency). intransitive, transitive, with-on

    "The company made good the damage by paying my repair costs."

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  1. 6
    To make (a surface) level or even. idiomatic

    "[…] the only action that will be required prior to decoration will be to wash down, make good and apply a fresh paint system."

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