deliver
verb [I or T] (PRODUCE) /dɪˈlɪv.ər/
/-ɚ/ Definition
C1 to achieve or produce something that has been promised: The government has failed to deliver (what it promised).mainly US The Republicans are relying on their agricultural policies to deliver the farmers' vote (= to persuade farmers to vote for them).Succeeding, achieving and fulfillingMaking and breaking promises and commitments deliverer /-ər/
/-ɚ/ noun [C] formal › Moses was the deliverer of the Israelites from Egypt.Preserving and savingDefending and protecting
/-ɚ/ noun [C] formal › Moses was the deliverer of the Israelites from Egypt.Preserving and savingDefending and protecting(Definition of deliver verb (PRODUCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accomplish verb
- achieve verb
- acquit verb
- attain verb
- be a hard/tough act to follow idiom
- do the job idiom
- do/work wonders idiom
- excel verb
- execute verb (DO)
- follow (sth) through phrasal verb
- make the grade idiom
- measure up phrasal verb
- necessity is the mother of invention idiom
- never look back idiom
- not put a foot wrong idiom
- win through phrasal verb
- win/gain your spurs idiom
- wish-fulfillment noun
- work wonders/miracles idiom
- work/go like a dream idiom
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