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Meanings of mend fences in English

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Usage of mend fences in English
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But I was trying to mend fences at the end of 1966.
Life
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We can swallow our pride and mend fences with estranged loved ones.
Ebony
3
Diamond King will be chairing proceedings this year and I must mend fences.
Raising Steam
4
The two leaders will seek to mend fences after recent strains.
Reuters
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Mr Putin was there to pick a fight, Mr Gates to mend fences.
The Irish Times
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Hollande urged Tsipras to mend fences quickly with EU leaders.
Reuters
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First, he must mend fences with U.S. allies and friends.
Reuters
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That's probably all it would still require to mend fences.
The Irish Times
9
Make yourself scarce locally and mend fences in Israel.
Cross Bones
10
We talked about the village, and I confessed that I'd come to mend fences with Alicia.
An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
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Sorry, he said, knowing he'd better mend fences.
Deadly little secrets
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Uchida is known for close ties to Renault, which could help mend fences in the alliance.
Reuters
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Glenda hopes to mend fences with her roommate.
The South African
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Meanwhile, he tries to mend fences with a daughter who has every reason to hate him.
The Irish Times
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We never know how long we're going to have to mend fences with the people we love.
Patrick's destiny
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Except Poppy, who'd begun to mend fences with Natasha a few years ago, after Poppy's parents died.
The Heiresses
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