make good
correct a mistake; make up for; fulfill, carry out
make good
Verb
1. act as promised; "make good on promises"
(hypernym) observe, keep
Make-good
an advertisment run as a replacement for one that was scheduled but didn't run or was run incorrectly.
make good
do what one promised to do, make something come true He made good on his promise to give everyone a raise in the new year.
make good
Synonyms and related words:
abide by, accomplish, achieve success, act up to, adhere to, advance, afford proof of, amend, arrive, ascertain, atone, atone for, attend to, be a success, be faithful to, break through, bring home to, bring to completion, bring to fruition, cinch, clinch, coin money, come into money, come on, come through, compensate, complete, comply with, conform to, correct, cover, cut a swath, demonstrate, determine, do justice to, do penance, eke out, emend, establish, expiate, fill, fill in, fill out, fill up, fix, follow, follow from, fulfill, get ahead, get on, get rich, get there, give and take, give satisfaction, go far, go places, grow rich, have a case, have it made, heed, hold by, hold good, hold water, indemnify, keep, keep faith, keep faith with, keep troth, kick back, live down, live up to, make a breakthrough, make a fortune, make a success, make all square, make amends, make compensation, make headway, make it, make matters up, make money, make out, make reparation, make restitution, make right, make the scene, make up, make up for, make up to, mature, meet, meet an obligation, nail down, not fail, observe, pay back, pay damages, pay in kind, pay reparations, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty, piece out, progress, propitiate, prove, prove to be, prove true, put right, put straight, put to rights, quit, recompense, recoup, rectify, redeem, redress, refill, refund, regard, reimburse, remedy, remove all doubt, remunerate, repair, repay, replenish, requite, respect, retaliate, right, rise, round out, satisfy, set at rest, set right, set straight, set to rights, set up, settle, settle the matter, show, square, square it, square things, stand up to, strike it rich, top off
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.