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BURY THE HATCHET

to end a dispute
BURY THE HATCHET
1. This argument has gone on too long. Why don’t we bury the hatchet once and for all?
2. I will always be sorry that my father and I fought before he died and I never got a chance to bury the hatchet.

Compare to: clear the air. The expression may originate from a Native American custom of burying a hatchet as a sign of agreeing to peace.


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