mend fences

idiom

variants or mend one's fences

: to improve or repair a relationship that has been damaged by an argument or disagreement

She mended fences with her father.

She and her father are trying to mend their fences.

After the election, he spent a lot of time mending political fences.

Examples of mend fences in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet somehow, despite all of this, there now seems to be a chance that WBD and DC Studios are considering trying to mend fences and generate good will ahead of Superman and upcoming announcements about other DCU projects entering production. —Mark Hughes, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025

The leaders of Amazon, Google, Meta, Tesla, TikTok and OpenAI are all set to appear at the Capitol to watch as Trump is sworn in for a second time, amid an apparent push by the tech industry to mend fences with the president-elect. —Julia Shapero, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025

When tensions ratchet up, the two countries quickly mend fences. —Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024

Seven years ago, Cox and her manager agreed to meet with writer-producer Dan Ewen, who pitched them the idea of a trans woman returning to her roots to mend fences with her father. —Max Gao, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for mend fences

• commences
• condenses
• defences
• defenses
• dispenses
• expenses
• offences
• offenses
• pretences
• pretenses
• sixpences
• valences