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 the rentals below make good use of this accessibility, with many just a few minutes from the destination’s iconic surf. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 31 July 2026

Manufacturers made good use of the material for wartime equipment and, a couple years after the conflict ended, Tupper returned to considering its domestic uses. — Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

The new job is to build the thing that makes good decisions happen without you. — Daria Rudnik, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Williams has also not made good on its 2025 promise, which was hampered by its late start to winter testing. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Rhymes for make good

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