phrasal verb · neutral
make good
/meɪk ɡʊd/MAKE·GOOD
task2speaking
to fulfil a promise or to compensate; can also mean to succeed
Examples
“He promised to make good on his commitments to the project.”
“After years of hard work she finally made good as a writer.”
“The company made good the damage caused to customers' data.”
Band 8 sentence
“The firm made good on its pledge to restore the park within six months.”
Collocations
- make good on a promise/commitment
- make good the loss/damage
- make good as a [profession]
Word family
made good verb (past)making good gerund
Common mistakes
He make good his promise.→He made good his promise.
They made good for the error.→They made good the error.
Say it for a higher band
5fulfil→6make good→7+make good
Synonyms
fulfil
compensate
Easily confused
make good on
“He promised to repay the loan and later made good on that promise.”
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