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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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Judging by what's happened since, this was no "kiss and make up".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2023

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

No doubt tempers will cool in the coming days, as well, and both coaches will kiss and make up.

From Washington Post Dec. 6, 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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