make+good

  • 21make good time — {v. phr.} To make unimpeded progress on a journey; arrive at one s destination sooner than estimated. * /There was not much traffic on the expressway so we made good time on our way to the airport./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 22make good time — {v. phr.} To make unimpeded progress on a journey; arrive at one s destination sooner than estimated. * /There was not much traffic on the expressway so we made good time on our way to the airport./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 23make good on sth — ► to do something that you have promised to do, for example paying back money that you owe or paying for the cost of damage you have caused: »The company did not acknowledge its future obligation to make good on the losses sustained by its… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 24make good on something — make good on (something) American & Australian, informal to give back money that you owe someone, or to keep a promise to do something. I want to make good on that loan I got from Joan. Tom made good on his promise to paint the living room …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 25make good (on) a promise — make good (on) a promise/threat/debt/etc phrase to do or pay what you have said you would The rebels made good on their promise to release the 370 hostages. Thesaurus: to keep a promisesynonym …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 26make good (on) a threat — make good (on) a promise/threat/debt/etc phrase to do or pay what you have said you would The rebels made good on their promise to release the 370 hostages. Thesaurus: to keep a promisesynonym …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27make good (on) a debt — make good (on) a promise/threat/debt/etc phrase to do or pay what you have said you would The rebels made good on their promise to release the 370 hostages. Thesaurus: to keep a promisesynonym …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 28make good something — phrase to fix, replace, or pay for something you have done wrong, damaged etc We intend to make good any damage we may have caused. Thesaurus: to repair somethinghyponym repairs and the action of repairingsynonym Main entry: good …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29make good business sense — make (good) business sense ► if something makes good business sense, it will help a business to succeed: »Investment in healthcare often makes good business sense. »She argues that a flexible workforce makes business sense. Main Entry: ↑business… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 30good walls make good neighbours — Your relationship with your neighbours depends, among other things, on respecting one another s privacy …

    The small dictionary of idiomes