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Idiom

make peace

Meaning

To settle a dispute or disagreement.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“It is time to make peace with your brother.”

“After arguing for weeks, the two neighbors finally decided to make peace and move on.”

“The rival political parties agreed to make peace, hoping to end the long period of instability that had paralyzed the government.”

Examples

simple

“It is time to make peace with your brother.”

contextual

“After arguing for weeks, the two neighbors finally decided to make peace and move on.”

complex

“The rival political parties agreed to make peace, hoping to end the long period of instability that had paralyzed the government.”

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