mend fences

Whatever the outcome of the investigation, the headlines will do little to mend fences between Washington and Caracas.

Jones, 79, said he tried to mend fences between the two men by imploring Francis to pay off his debt.

Coulson's job was to mend fences with News International's newspapers—especially The Sun and News of the World.

It was arranged that “the boards of the roof and floor would mend fences and that the old logs would be used for fuel.”

But now we keep a lot of fence-riders, who don't do a thing but mend fences, day after day.