make peace

make peace
verb
end hostilities (Freq. 1)
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The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace

Ant: ↑war
Derivationally related forms: ↑make-peace
Hypernyms: ↑reconcile, ↑patch up, ↑make up, ↑conciliate, ↑settle
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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make peace
To end a war
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Main Entry:peace

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make peace (or one's peace)
reestablish friendly relations; become reconciled

not every conservative has made peace with big government


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  • Make Peace — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Make-peace — ( p[=e]s ), n. A peacemaker. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make peace — index negotiate, pacify, placate, propitiate, reconcile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make-peace — noun someone who tries to bring peace • Syn: ↑conciliator, ↑pacifier, ↑peacemaker, ↑reconciler • Derivationally related forms: ↑reconcile (for: ↑reconciler), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • make-peace — /mayk pees /, n. a peacemaker. [1510 20; n. use of v. phrase make peace] * * * …   Universalium

  • make peace between — index arbitrate (conciliate), intercede Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • make peace — ► make (one s) peace become reconciled. Main Entry: ↑peace …   English terms dictionary

  • make peace — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. propitiate, negotiate, make up; see reconcile 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • make peace with — end the fighting, choose to forgive and forget, make up with …   English contemporary dictionary

  • make peace — idi to arrange a cessation of hostilities or antagonism …   From formal English to slang

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