the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > make good one's cause or position (2)
to hold party: to make good one's cause or position; (in early use) spec. to hold one's own in a battle. Cf. to make one's party good at good, adj. n.…
to make one's party (also part) good: to make one's position, status, etc., secure; to carry out one's aim or purpose successfully; (in early use)…