makes good on
Honors a commitment
Makes good on means to fulfill a promise, obligation, or commitment.
Someone who makes good on a threat follows through with it; someone who makes good on a debt pays it: He finally made good on his promise to visit.
The phrase emphasizes that words have been converted into action.
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- promiseCommitment to act
- fulfillExecute to completion
- comes throughFulfills when it matters
- commitBind to a course
stands by · trust · word of honor · man of his word · honor · contract · pledge · vow · dependability · oath · action · answerability · faithfulness · accountability · follow-through · backs up · trustworthiness · keep
makes good onstiffs
Corpses or non-tippers
dodges · evades · shirks · walks away from · ducks
makes good onbluffs
Misleads about one's position
backs down · chickens out · blusters · talks big · cries wolf
make, makes, made, making, maker, makers, good, goods, goodness