deliver on
idiom
: to do what is required by (a promise or pledge)
He failed to deliver on his promise.
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But at the end of the day, most modern IT departments are struggling with their inability to deliver on projects.
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Barry Cousins, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
He's been promising that throughout his campaign, and he's come into office, and he's started to try to deliver on that promise.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Liberalism without republicanism fails to deliver on its aims of bolstering individual choice.
—Jennifer M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Few, however, deliver on that promise quite as literally as the new Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing, the brand's second outpost in the Chinese capital.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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Barry Cousins, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
He's been promising that throughout his campaign, and he's come into office, and he's started to try to deliver on that promise.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Liberalism without republicanism fails to deliver on its aims of bolstering individual choice.
—Jennifer M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Few, however, deliver on that promise quite as literally as the new Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing, the brand's second outpost in the Chinese capital.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Deliver on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deliver%20on. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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