英和和英

動詞

make good on (third-person singular simple present makes good on, present participle making good on, simple past and past participle made good on)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To fulfill or honor (a promise etc).
   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎:

     By now South Koreans understand Pyongyang’s logic and know North Korea is highly unlikely to make good on its gothic threats.

   • 2012 May 19, Paul Fletcher, “Blackpool 1-2 West Ham”, in BBC Sport‎:

     The result ensured that manager Sam Allardyce made good on his promise to take the Hammers back into the top flight after his team narrowly missed out on automatic promotion at the end of the regular season.

   • 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian‎:

     He made good on his promise to promote more women to leading roles in the Vatican, but still they remain shut out of priesthood.

関連する語

• make good

参考

• live on
• live up (to)