make good

verb makes good · making good · made good

1. idiomatic, intransitive To achieve substantial success in life, often in business. Near-synonym: come good

   Similar: come good

2. intransitive, transitive, with on To complete successfully; to fulfil (a promise). He made good his threat and made good his escape by jumping from a second-story window.
3. To match the first player's bet with one's own, rather than dropping out. After all the players who determine to go in have made good the bet of the player who opened the Jack Pot, and the hands have been filled […]
4. intransitive, transitive, with on To remedy or compensate for (a defect or deficiency). The company made good the damage by paying my repair costs.
5. idiomatic To make (a surface) level or even. […] the only action that will be required prior to decoration will be to wash down, make good and apply a fresh paint system.