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deliver the goods

Other forms: delivered the goods; delivers the goods; delivering the goods

Definitions of deliver the goods
  1. verb
    attain success or reach a desired goal
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    types:
    hit
    hit the intended target or goal
    bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off
    be successful; achieve a goal
    clear, pass
    go unchallenged; be approved
    hit the jackpot, luck out
    succeed by luck
    nail, nail down, peg
    succeed in obtaining a position
    make it, pass
    go successfully through a test or a selection process
    run
    make without a miss
    act, work
    have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
    pan out
    be a success
    accomplish, achieve, attain, reach
    gain with effort
    arrive, get in, go far, make it
    succeed in a big way; get to the top
    score
    get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
    get to, make, progress to, reach
    reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"
    clear
    pass an inspection or receive authorization
    begin
    achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
    come to, strike
    attain
    culminate
    reach the highest or most decisive point
    compass
    bring about; accomplish
    average
    achieve or reach on average
    finagle, manage, wangle, wrangle
    achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
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