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make nice

make nice verb: to be friendly or conciliatory towards another, often in the context of maintaining good relations or resolving a conflict with the other person.

Verb

make nice (third-person singular simple present makes nice, present participle making nice, simple past and past participle made nice)

  1. (US) To be friendly or conciliatory towards another, often in the context of maintaining good relations or resolving a conflict with the other person.
    • And now he had to go make nice with the good doctor's grandma.1999, Gina Wilkins, Doctor in Disguise, page 18
    • [H]e either had to make nice with the guards or make nice with the prisoners. And frankly, the way the prisoners made nice scared the bejeesus out of him.2002, Dee Davis, Dark of the Night, page 31

Forms of make nice

third-person singular presentmakes nice
present participlemaking nice
past participlemade nice
pastmade nice

Questions about make nice

What does make nice mean?
Make nice means to be friendly or conciliatory towards another, often in the context of maintaining good relations or resolving a conflict with the other person.
What part of speech is make nice?
Make nice is a verb.
What is the past tense of make nice?
The past tense of make nice is made nice.

Words near make nice in the dictionary

  1. make much
  2. make muffins
  3. make music
  4. make neither head nor tail of
  5. make news
  6. make nice
  7. make no bones about
  8. make no mistake
  9. make no odds
  10. make no secret of
  11. make noise

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