make amends
idiom
: to do something to correct a mistake that one has made or a bad situation that one has caused
She tried to make amends by apologizing to him.
I'd like to make amends (to you) for my behavior last night.
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But the five-time Ballon d’Or winner made amends, leveling the aggregate score in the 72nd minute from a tight angle.
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Ben Church, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
To make amends, Owens offered to reunite as a tag team for WrestleMania 41.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
To put this decree into effect and make amends to the victims of this weaponization, Trump pardoned everyone convicted for participating in the Jan. 6 riot and had the cases of those yet to be tried dropped.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
But there’s hope that, even outside of genre, Berlin may make amends for AFM and a Sundance that had a sluggish start on the dealmaking front.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
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Ben Church, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
To make amends, Owens offered to reunite as a tag team for WrestleMania 41.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
To put this decree into effect and make amends to the victims of this weaponization, Trump pardoned everyone convicted for participating in the Jan. 6 riot and had the cases of those yet to be tried dropped.
—Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
But there’s hope that, even outside of genre, Berlin may make amends for AFM and a Sundance that had a sluggish start on the dealmaking front.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make amends
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“Make amends.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20amends. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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