bury the hatchet

Cultural  

1. To agree to end a quarrel: “Jerry and Cindy had been avoiding each other since the divorce, but I saw them together this morning, so they must have buried the hatchet.”

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bury the hatchet Idioms  

1. Make peace; settle one's differences. For example, Toward the end of the year, the roommates finally decided to bury the hatchet. Although some believe this term comes from a Native American custom for declaring peace between warring tribes, others say it comes from hang up one's hatchet, a term dating from the early 1300s (well before Columbus landed in the New World). The word bury replaced hang up in the 1700s.

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Example Sentences

But wanting to remind folks that he could still be funny, he decided to bury the hatchet with “Saturday Night Live,” returning to host in 2019: “‘SNL’ is part of my history.

From Los Angeles Times

But in a shock move, a beleaguered Brown, suffering low polling ratings, appeared to bury the hatchet and appointed his former friend as business secretary, making him a peer at the same time.

From BBC

The hosts of MSNBC’s Morning Joe also made the trip to bury the hatchet with the president-elect.

From Slate

The feud was repaired last year when energy-rich Saudi Arabian organisers convinced Hearn and Warren to bury the hatchet and work together, and there are already plans for more team events to take place in the near future.

From BBC

Armed with the riches of his nation, Alalshikh convinced Warren and Hearn to bury the hatchet.

From BBC