"make good on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make good on.ogg [Australia] 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 honour (a promise etc). Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: make good, live on, live up (english: to)
    Sense id: en-make_good_on-en-verb-KF0Czgwr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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