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English verb: deliver the goods | |||
| 1. | deliver the goods (social) attain success or reach a desired goal | ||
| Samples | The enterprise succeeded. We succeeded in getting tickets to the show. She struggled to overcome her handicap and won. | ||
| Synonyms | bring home the bacon, come through, succeed, win | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accomplish, achieve, act, arrive, attain, bring off, carry off, clear, get in, go far, hit, hit the jackpot, luck out, make it, make it, manage, nail, nail down, negociate, pan out, pass, pass, peg, pull off, reach, run, work | ||
| Entail | assay, attempt, essay, seek, try | ||
| Antonyms | go wrong, miscarry, fail | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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