making good on
Honoring a commitment
Making good on means fulfilling a promise, commitment, or obligation—following through on what you said you would do.
The phrase usually appears with words like promise, threat, or word: She finally made good on her promise to visit, The company is making good on its pledge to reduce emissions.
Someone who makes good on a debt pays it back.
- deliverTransport to recipient
- promiseCommitment to act
- keep your wordFulfill a promise made
- pledgeBinding promise given
- carry outComplete an intended action
finish · follow through · duty · vow · word of honor · reliability · repay · pay it back · make whole · settle up · come through · dependability · contract · execute · make it right · accountability · responsibility · accomplish
making good onreneging
Failing to keep commitments
going back on · betraying · abandoning · breaking · backing out
making good ondefaulting
Failing to repay debt
stiffing · dodging · evading · shirking · walking away from