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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

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

Back on that beach, where they will for ever remain, Sharon and Rob kiss and make up.

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 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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