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kiss and make up

Idioms  

  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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It stings how much we root for them to kiss and make up.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Marriage counselor: “Oh, for heaven’s sake! Why don’t you just kiss and make up? That’ll be $150, please.”

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

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

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2019

"I've been highly critical of critics in the past and critics have been highly critical of me, so I suppose this is our opportunity to kiss and make up," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2017

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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