"make good on" meaning in All languages combined

See make good on on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make good on.ogg Forms: makes good on [present, singular, third-person], making good on [participle, present], made good on [participle, past], made good on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> good on|head=make good on}} make good on (third-person singular simple present makes good on, present participle making good on, simple past and past participle made good on)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To fulfill or honor (a promise etc). Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: make good, live on, live up (english: to)
    Sense id: en-make_good_on-en-verb-Ma4cF-tn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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