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Phrase(s): make something good
Go to set something right., Phrase(s): make good (at something)
to succeed at something. • Bob worked hard to make good at selling. • Jane was determined to make good.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Carry out successfully, make sure of, as in He made good his escape. This usage was first recorded in 1606. 2. 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." 3. Compensate for, make up for, as in They made good the loss. This usage first appeared in William Langland's Piers Ploughman (1377). 4. Succeed, as in He made good as a writer. [c. 1900]
American Heritage Idioms