Thesaurus / bury the hatchet
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
If they are still Moderns and alive, I defy you to bury them if you are discussing living questions in a full and honest way.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
The swift breeze seemed to Edna to bury the sting of it into the pores of her face and hands.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
Two years before her death Mrs. Otis was glad to bury her mortification and misery in Rosewater.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
Besides the districts mentioned, tobacco is grown largely in that of Frankfort-on-the Oder.
Meanwhile Benny looked on with great delight as Watch tried to bury his bone with only one paw to dig with.
THE BOX-CAR CHILDRENGERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER
Now, how comes it that you have turned up in this out-of-the-way part of the world?
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNE
WORDS RELATED TO BURY THE HATCHET
- absolve
- accept apology
- acquit
- allow for
- amnesty
- bear no malice
- bear with
- bury the hatchet
- clear
- commute
- condone
- dismiss from mind
- efface
- exculpate
- excuse
- exempt
- exonerate
- extenuate
- forget
- kiss and make up
- laugh off
- let bygones be bygones
- let it go
- let off
- let off easy
- let pass
- let up on
- make allowance
- overlook
- palliate
- purge
- release
- relent
- remit
- reprieve
- respite
- spring
- think no more of
- turn other cheek
- wink at
- wipe slate clean
- accommodate
- adjudicate
- adjust
- agree
- arbitrate
- arrange
- bring to terms
- bury the hatchet
- come across with
- compose
- concert
- conciliate
- confer
- connect
- consult
- contract
- covenant
- cut a deal
- deal
- debate
- dicker
- haggle
- hammer out a deal
- handle
- horse trade
- intercede
- make a deal
- make peace
- make terms
- manage
- mediate
- moderate
- network
- parley
- referee
- settle
- step in
- stipulate
- swap
- transact
- treat
- umpire
- work out
- work out a deal
- accommodate
- adjudicate
- adjust
- agree
- arbitrate
- arrange
- bring to terms
- bury the hatchet
- come across with
- compose
- concert
- conciliate
- confer
- connect
- consult
- contract
- covenant
- cut a deal
- deal
- debate
- dicker
- haggle
- hammer out a deal
- handle
- horse trade
- intercede
- make a deal
- make peace
- make terms
- manage
- mediate
- moderate
- network
- parley
- referee
- settle
- step in
- stipulate
- swap
- transact
- treat
- umpire
- work out
- work out a deal
- allay
- ameliorate
- assuage
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- calm
- chasten
- compose
- con
- conciliate
- cool
- dulcify
- fix up
- grease
- kiss and make up
- lay back
- lull
- make peace
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- pacificate
- placate
- propitiate
- put the lid on
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- relieve
- repress
- silence
- smooth over
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- sweeten
- take the edge off
- tame
- temper
- tranquilize
- allay
- ameliorate
- assuage
- bury the hatchet
- butter up
- calm
- chasten
- compose
- con
- conciliate
- cool
- dulcify
- fix up
- grease
- kiss and make up
- lay back
- lull
- make peace
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- pacificate
- placate
- propitiate
- put the lid on
- qualify
- quell
- quiet
- relieve
- repress
- silence
- smooth over
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- sweeten
- take the edge off
- tame
- temper
- tranquilize
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