mend one's fences

mend 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 fences./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • mend (one's) fences — make peace with a person. → mend …   English new terms dictionary

  • mend one's fences — ► mend (one s) fences make peace with a person. Main Entry: ↑mend …   English terms dictionary

  • mend one's fences — To improve or restore one s relations, reputation or popularity, esp in politics (fenceˈ mending noun and adjective) • • • Main Entry: ↑fence …   Useful english dictionary

  • mend one's fences — idi mend one s fences, to strengthen or reestablish one s position by conciliation or negotiation …   From formal English to slang

  • mend 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 …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • mend\ 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… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • mend 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 …   Idioms and examples

  • mend fences — phrase to try to become friends again with someone who you have argued with The object of the meeting was primarily to mend fences. Thesaurus: ending, solving and avoiding arguments and fightshyponym to start a friendshipsynonym Main entry: mend… …   Useful english dictionary

  • mend — ► VERB 1) restore to the correct or working condition. 2) improve. ► NOUN ▪ a repair in a material. ● mend (one s) fences Cf. ↑mend one s fences ● on the mend …   English terms dictionary

  • mend fences — ► mend (one s) fences make peace with a person. Main Entry: ↑mend …   English terms dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”