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bury the hatchet

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bury the hatchet
Fig. to make peace. Let's stop arguing and bury the hatchet. Tom and I buried the hatchet and we are good friends now.
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bury the hatchet
to forget about arguments and disagreements with someone and to become friends with them again It had been over a year since the incident and I thought it was time we buried the hatchet.
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bury the hatchet
to agree that you will forget about arguments and disagreements with someone The two teammates hope to bury the hatchet long enough to win the championship.
Etymology: based on the custom of literally burying a hatchet (cutting tool with a small handle) as a symbol of peace between Native American tribes (groups of people)
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2 Stuart Taylor insists it is time for Accies and Morton to bury the hatchet.
It sounds like a fascinating read, published by Y Lolfa, but I think he might be on the wrong tack when he says that despite our old enmity we are ready to bury the hatchet.
FIFA are trying to persuade Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi to bury the hatchet on a goodwill mission to 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa.
 
 
 
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