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• make good time — To make speedy progress on a journey • • • Main Entry: ↑time * * * make good/excellent/time phrase to make a journey in a shorter time than you expected We made good time and arrived by midday …   Useful english dictionary

• make good a deficit, shortfall — make good a deficit, shortfall, etc. ► to reduce the bad effect of there not being enough of something, for example money: »Many employers have been called upon to make good the deficits in their pension plans. »Exports of North Sea oil and gas… …   Financial and business terms

• make good a deficit, shortfall, etc. — make good a deficit, shortfall, etc. ► to reduce the bad effect of there not being enough of something, for example money: »Many employers have been called upon to make good the deficits in their pension plans. »Exports of North Sea oil and gas… …   Financial and business terms

• good fences make good neighbours — This means that it is better for people to mind their own business and to respect the privacy of others.  ( Good fences make good neighbors is the American English spelling.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• make 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

• make 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

• make good — (also make it (big)) INFORMAL ► to become rich and successful: »After years of hard work, she finally made good. »Los Angeles is full of people who go there to make it big like the stars in Hollywood. Main Entry: ↑make …   Financial and business terms

• make 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

• make good — make (it) good American & Australian to become successful or to achieve something you want. The film s main character is a poor Mexican boy who made it good in Chicago. He ll make good, you ll see. He works hard and knows what he s after …   New idioms dictionary

• make 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

• 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