deliver on

idiom

: to do what is required by (a promise or pledge)

He failed to deliver on his promise.

Examples of deliver on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

At the same time, governments have failed to deliver on commitments to align food systems with climate action. —Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025

There is something extremely odd about a film which purports to deliver on a promise of unfiltered combat but yet refuses to contextualize either the mission itself or the war in which it is set. —Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for deliver on

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