make matters up
verb
Roget 723:
pacify,
tranquilize,
compose;
allay
etc.
(moderate)
174;
reconcile,
propitiate,
placate,
conciliate,
meet halfway,
hold out the olive branch,
heal the breach,
make peace,
restore harmony,
bring to terms.
settle matters,
arrange matters,
accommodate matters,
accommodate differences;
set straight;
make up a quarrel,
tantas componere lites [Lat.];
come to an understanding,
come to terms;
bridge over,
hush up;
make it,
make matters up;
shake hands;
mend one's fences [U.S.].
raise a siege,
lift a siege;
put up the sword,
sheathe the sword;
bury the hatchet,
lay down one's arms,
turn swords into plowshares;
smoke the calumet of peace,
close the temple of Janus;
keep the peace
etc.
(concord)
714;
be pacified
&c.;
come round.
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Roget 952:
atone,
atone for;
expiate;
propitiate;
make amends,
make good;
reclaim,
redeem,
repair,
ransom,
absolve,
purge,
shrive,
do penance,
stand in a white sheet,
repent in sackcloth and ashes,
wear a hairshirt.
set one's house in order,
wipe off old scores,
make matters up;
pay the forfeit,
pay the penalty.
apologize,
beg pardon,
fair l'amende honorable [Fr.],
give satisfaction;
come down on one's knees,
fall down on one's knees,
down on one's marrow bones.
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