mend fences
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editmend fences (third-person singular simple present mends fences, present participle mending fences, simple past and past participle mended fences)
- (idiomatic) To repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap.
- I don't think he was very happy with my work, so I'm going to talk to him and try to mend fences.
- 2014 September 3, Justin McCurry, “Japan's Shinzo Abe appoints pro-China MPs in bid to mend fences with Beijing”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has signalled a rare attempt to mend fences with China when he appointed two MPs considered friendly towards Beijing to two senior posts in his governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP).
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