Meanings
present singular third person makes good on · participle present making good on · participle past made good on · past made good on
- idiomatictransitiveTo fulfill or honor (a promise, prediction, etc).
Making good on rampant speculation, Dion is set to perform 10 concerts in Paris […]
2026 March 31, Lisa Respers France, “Celine Dion announces her return to the stage”, in edition.cnn.com3 more examples
By now South Koreans understand Pyongyang’s logic and know North Korea is highly unlikely to make good on its gothic threats.
2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York TimesThe result ensured that manager Sam Allardyce made good on his promise to take the Hammers back into the top flight after his team narrowly missed out on automatic promotion at the end of the regular season.
2012 May 19, Paul Fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, in BBC SportHe made good on his promise to promote more women to leading roles in the Vatican, but still they remain shut out of priesthood.
2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian
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