MAKE GOOD Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

make good

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Definition of make good

as in fulfill

to do what is required by the terms of He made good on his promise to pay back the loan within a year.

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as in succeed

to reach a desired level of accomplishment She made good as a musician when she moved to New York City.

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Recent Examples of make good Rather, the systems underneath them weren’t built to make good decisions at volume. — Kylie Fuentes, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The results consistently show this investment is one that makes good economic sense. — Joshua R. Ehrlich, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026 Christie stopped play repeatedly to make his players run the drill again, urging them to make good passes and hit shots. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Tushnet says courts may be more accommodating toward someone who has made good-faith efforts to prevent confusion than someone who kept investing in a name despite knowing there was a problem. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for make good

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The Directors Guild of Korea (DGK) has also come to the defense of the filmmakers, arguing that the backlash has spilled over from the film to the lives and livelihoods of the people who made it.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Maintaining Institutional Knowledge In my experience, some of the most important operational information never makes it into a database at all.

— Justin Wisor, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of make it

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This is actually a great opportunity to get ahead of all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping chaos.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2026
In my view, the government must get ahead of that curve by establishing a full-fledged Department of AI, rather than leaving it to a single individual.

— Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of get ahead

Phrase

Moreover, the contrast between Paulina and Eloise shows who Paulina might become and the cost of getting there.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
To get there, Washington must encourage a free-market, international defense ecosystem defined by open architecture and industrial, software, and hardware compatibility.

— Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of get there

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After spending 26 years trying to get somewhere, this copy won’t be going back in the mail.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Some are predicting that Colorado defenseman Cale Makar will get somewhere in the $18 million to $20 million range before the start of September’s training camps.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 12 July 2026

Definition of get somewhere

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At National Mortgage Center, another DSCR lender, even buyers of short-term rentals can often be approved, and sometimes multifamily projects of more than five units make the grade.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Other names that made the grade in 2027 include Alphabet, Apple , Coca-Cola, Dynatrace , Eli Lilly , Equinix and Williams Companies .

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

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