bury the hatchet
bury the hatchet — idiom
1. when two people or groups settle a quarrel they have had for some time and start
when two people or groups settle a quarrel they have had for some time and start treating each other in a friendly way again
After three years apart, the brothers finally buried the hatchet at their mother's birthday dinner.
common pattern: bury the hatchet (with someone) after a period of conflict
The rival football teams decided to bury the hatchet and play a friendly match.
Noor and her partner Faisal buried the hatchet after a long spending disagreement.
It took the neighbours months to bury the hatchet over the damaged fence.
Community leaders urged both families to bury the hatchet for their children.
- make peace
less figurative and more general; can be used in any context where a disagreement ends
- reconcile
more formal and often implies a deeper, more meaningful restoration of a relationship
- let bygones be bygones
similar meaning but focuses more on forgiving past wrongs rather than actively making peace
- hold a grudge
refusing to forgive someone for a past wrong, the opposite of making peace
文法句型
bury the hatchet
bury the hatchet with [someone]
用法筆記
Always used figuratively; the literal meaning of physically burying a weapon is not intended in modern use. The phrase can be extended with 'with + [person/group]' to specify the other party in the disagreement.