deliver on
idiom
: to do what is required by (a promise or pledge)
He failed to deliver on his promise.
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Would my White Lotus experience deliver on these things?
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
But with the higher rates in place, city officials will be expected to deliver on the expansion, even if higher construction costs force a shift to a more modest project than envisioned in 2020.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Even when people voluntarily seek mental health care, the city doesn’t deliver on the promise — there are currently more than 1,400 people stuck on long waiting lists for such care.
—Dave Giffen, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
The program’s most critical flaw is simple: Private school vouchers fail to deliver on their central promise.
—Dhruvak Mirani, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2025
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
But with the higher rates in place, city officials will be expected to deliver on the expansion, even if higher construction costs force a shift to a more modest project than envisioned in 2020.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Even when people voluntarily seek mental health care, the city doesn’t deliver on the promise — there are currently more than 1,400 people stuck on long waiting lists for such care.
—Dave Giffen, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
The program’s most critical flaw is simple: Private school vouchers fail to deliver on their central promise.
—Dhruvak Mirani, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Deliver on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deliver%20on. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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