mend one's ways
VERB
go straight
Synonyms
Example Sentences
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“Not to mend one’s ways when one has erred is to err indeed,” he admonished.
From Washington Post
"It's a virtue to acknowledge one's mistakes and mend one's ways, and crying is seen as a symbol of that."
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
