make good

phrase

1

or make good on : to make valid or complete: such as

a

: to carry out successfully

made good their escape

made good on his promise

b

: indemnify

make good the loss

c

: to make up for (a deficiency)

made good previous neglect of his child

d

: prove

made good a charge

2

: to prove to be capable

also : succeed

The play made good at the box office.

Examples of make good in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All of that - making good hires and then setting them up for success - takes time. — Meg Anderson, NPR, 23 July 2026

This metric balances out the R&D Focus numbers, essentially giving a boost to those companies that make good use of their spending. — Heather Newman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Loosely tracing the hot burn of a new relationship, then the hollowing out of a betrayal and breakup, Emotional Junglist makes good on the promise of Silence Is Loud. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

But a lot of us are also making good use of the 15 hours of audio that come with Spotify Premium. — David Pierce, The Verge, 18 July 2026

Rhymes for make good

• adulthood
• babyhood
• brotherhood
• cottonwood
• fatherhood
• firewood
• fuelwood
• hardihood
• ironwood
• leatherwood
• likelihood
• livelihood