deliver the goods
Meet the expectations
To deliver the goods is to fulfill expectations or produce promised results.
The phrase comes from commerce—actually supplying what was ordered—but now applies to any situation where someone must perform: The team talked a big game, but could they deliver the goods?
Often shortened to just deliver.
- come throughFulfill when needed
- get the job doneAchieve the required outcome
- accomplishComplete successfully
- achieveSucceed through effort
- bring home the baconBe the breadwinner
pull it off · come up trumps · carry off · succeed · seal the deal · fulfill · step up to the plate · dependability · effectiveness · accountability · follow through · execution · walk the talk · credibility · keep your word · try · triumph · results
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
- expressions about providinggive and take, hand over, dish out, dole out, hand out
deliver the goodsfail
Be unsuccessful
come up short · fall short · drop the ball · miss the mark · blow it
deliver the goodsall talk
Promises without follow-through
all talk and no action · all hat and no cattle · break one's promise · talk the talk · renege
deliver the goodslet someone down
come up empty · flake out · renege · leave in the lurch · break a promise
deliver, delivers, delivered, delivering, delivery, deliveries, deliverer, deliverable, goods