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kiss and make up

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  1. Settle one's differences, reconcile, as in The two friends decided to kiss and make up. This colloquial expression has largely replaced kiss and be friends, dating from the 1400s. [Mid-1900s]


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The authors agree with the assessment that this is a moment to kiss and make up.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2021

Of all the world leaders with whom Mr. Biden has to kiss and make up, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, was the first to get an official phone call, on Friday evening.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2021

Generally speaking, scenes in which lovers kiss and make up following an infraction are joyful affairs.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2019

“Could I imagine a kiss and make up in the Rose Garden? Yes,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2018

Then two men tried to pick a fight with one another, so Tea Cake said they had to kiss and make up.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

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