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Was not the first to have made good (9)

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I believe the answer is:

succeeded

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'made good' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
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(Another definition for succeeded that I've seen is " Came into a title".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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