Mend

  • 71mend one's fences — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do something to make people like or follow you again; strengthen your friendships or influence. * /The senator went home from Washington to mend his fences./ * /John saw that his friends did not like him, so he decided to …

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  • 72mend\ one's\ fences — v. phr. informal To do something to make people like or follow you again; strengthen your friendships or influence. The senator went home from Washington to mend his fences. John saw that his friends did not like him, so he decided to mend his… …

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  • 73mend one's pace — verb To speed up, travel faster; also, to adjust ones speed to match that of a companion. The hurt nigger moaned feebly somewhere near by, and then fetched a deep sigh that made me mend my pace away from there …

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  • 74mend fences — verb to repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap I dont think he was very happy with my work, so Im going to talk to him and try to mend fences …

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  • 75mend\ one's\ ways — v. phr. To reform; change one s behavior from negative to positive. He had better mend his ways or he ll wind up in jail …

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  • 76mend fences —    When people mend fences, they try to improve or restore relations that have been damaged by disputes or arguments.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 77mend fences — solve political problems, listen to voters    Every summer the politicians go home and try to mend fences …

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  • 78mend one's fences — do something to make people like you after a fight, strengthen one s friendship or influence I made a big effort to mend my fences with my boss so that we could work together effectively …

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  • 79mend one's ways — improve one s habits She has been forced to mend her ways in order to get along better at work …

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  • 80mend your ways — change/mend (your) ways to improve the way in which you behave. If he wants to carry on living here, he s going to have to change his ways …

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