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 Just as the 2022 death of Queen Elizabeth II failed to mend fences between the estranged brothers, neither the health of the monarch nor the Princess of Wales has repaired their fractured relationship. —

Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 June 2024 But the pair seemed to mend fences shortly after Hylton commented on an Instagram post of Diddy’s. —

Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024 Far from being repentant, Ritchie viewed the company’s subsequent stock-price wobble as vindication, and claims its top brass reached out to him personally, eager to mend fences. —

David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024 The Pythons have sometimes been a fractious group over their five decades in comedy, yet were always able to mend fences and come together for various projects and reunions — such as 2014’s Monty Python Live (Mostly) show at London’s The O2 Arena. —

James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mend fences

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