mend fences

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mend fences

verb mends fences · mending fences · 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.

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Español	limar asperezas

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@misc{mend_fences_2026,
  title = {mend fences},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mend%20fences},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}