kiss and make up
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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kiskadee, kislev, kismayu, kismet, kiss, kiss and make up, kiss and tell, kiss ass, kiss curl, kiss good-bye, kiss of death
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