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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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RELATED WORDS

mitigate, placate, assuage, repress, soothe, quell, ameliorate, mollify, allay, tame, conform, resolve, appease, coordinate, reunite, rectify, accommodate, harmonize, pacify, integrate

Nearby words

  1. kiskadee,
  2. kislev,
  3. kismayu,
  4. kismet,
  5. kiss,
  6. kiss and tell,
  7. kiss ass,
  8. kiss curl,
  9. kiss good-bye,
  10. kiss of death
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