make good
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Carry out successfully, make sure of, as in He made good his escape . This usage was first recorded in 1606.
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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.”
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Compensate for, make up for, as in They made good the loss . This usage first appeared in William Langland's Piers Ploughman (1377).
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Succeed, as in He made good as a writer . [c. 1900]
Example Sentences
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They tend to sell and buy securities with better opportunities to make good returns.
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They tend to sell and buy securities with better opportunities to make good returns.
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It was a performance that underlined how much he has evolved as a passer, and underlined that he is finally making good on the potential he flashed in college.
If you owned U.S. stocks at the start of the year, you made good money.
He said that he liked living quietly in Gallipolis because he’d found “a really good church” and had made good friends.
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