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Carry out successfully, make sure of, as in He made good his escape. This usage was first recorded in 1606.

Fulfill, as in She made good her promise. This usage was first recorded in Miles Coverdale's 1535 translation of the Bible (II Chronicles 6:16): “Make good unto my father, David ... that which thou hast promised him.”

Compensate for, make up for, as in They made good the loss. This usage first appeared in William Langland's Piers Ploughman (1377).

Succeed, as in He made good as a writer. [c. 1900]

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How to use make good in a sentence

Once again Warner Bros. would clearly define itself as “We make a certain kind of movie” or “We make good movies.”
The Director Isn’t Done Yet: An Interview With Steven Soderbergh|Andrew Romano|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The specialists constantly talk about the pressure they feel to make good matches.
Reality TV’s Arranged Marriage Fail|Emily Shire|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps Kim Jong-un, worth a rumored—and ill-gotten—$5 billion, will dig into his own pockets to make good on a 30-year promise.
Nobody’s Home at the Hermit Kingdom’s Ghost Hotel|Nina Strochlic|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You fantasize about the day the child is returned to you, how you would make good on all of your previous failings.
Real Thrills And High Art In A Poignant Page-Turner Of A Novel|Susan Cheever|May 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But while the public looks poised to make good, the government is quietly quitting.
Gov't Abandons Best Survey for Counting U.S. Drug Users|Abby Haglage|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the sum thus realized, I say, you propose to make good the losses which the bank has suffered by your improvidence?
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
But for whatever injury the maker of the check may have sustained the bank must make good.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
She can make good bargains in his absence, and could carry on all his business perfectly well if she were left a widow.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
I will rhyme it as I run along, and when I hesitate and can not make good sense and a perfect rhyme, well go to sleep.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
Then they worked very carefully before they could make good spearheads.
The Later Cave-Men|Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

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