mend fences
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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.
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Does that suggest that the current regime at Warners is trying to mend fences?
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
Trump is welcoming Netanyahu to Mar-a-Lago on Friday, which is an opportunity to mend fences.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 July 2024
Washington’s desire to mend fences with Riyadh after the Iran nuclear deal, and to sustain a cooperative relationship more generally, has prevailed over its misgivings.
—F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016
The president is unlikely to want to open a new conflict with a power in the region he and his former boss, President Barack Obama, did so much to mend fences with.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
Trump is welcoming Netanyahu to Mar-a-Lago on Friday, which is an opportunity to mend fences.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 July 2024
Washington’s desire to mend fences with Riyadh after the Iran nuclear deal, and to sustain a cooperative relationship more generally, has prevailed over its misgivings.
—F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2016
The president is unlikely to want to open a new conflict with a power in the region he and his former boss, President Barack Obama, did so much to mend fences with.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
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