单词 | to come good for |
释义 | > as lemmasto come good for (b) to come good for. extracted from goodadj.n.adv.int. (i) Chiefly North American. To pay for; to cover the cost of. ΚΠ 1833 T. Carlyle Let. 21 May in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1977) VI. 391 He also writes to Mrs. Welsh that he will ‘come good for it’. 1862 Abstr. Proc. Land Commissioners' Court Prince Edward Island 77 The farm was taken off his hands by another man who came good for the rent. 1910 Northwestern Reporter 125 714/1 I will come good for his dues, so as to make you all right. Send your policy in. I will come good for those dues. I will pay them myself. 1916 Detroit Med. Jrnl. Mar. 130 If he continues to employ his own family physician the said company will not come good for the doctor's fee for which the patient must become responsible himself. 1951 Rotarian July 42/2 ‘Say, fellow, you're going to have to come good for these papers,’ I said. ‘Here's a quarter to help you out.’ 2001 H. Sawler Penguin Man 218 Tommy the asshole bartender would likely have to come good for the charges. (ii) = to become good for at Phrases 2a. ΚΠ 1892 W. Ramage Last Words xxxiv. 322 Having come good for the transgressor the surety could be spared no part of the punishment. < as lemmas |
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