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mended fences

mended fences is the simple past and past participle of mend fences.

Meaning of mend fences

Verb

mend fences (third-person singular simple present mends fences, present participle mending fences, simple past and past participle mended fences)

  1. (idiomatic) To repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap.
    • I don't think he was very happy with my work, so I'm going to talk to him and try to mend fences.

Questions about mended fences

What is mended fences the simple past and past participle of?
Mended fences is the simple past and past participle of mend fences.

Words near mended fences in the dictionary

  1. Mendaite
  2. Mendaites
  3. Mende
  4. Mende syndrome
  5. mended
  6. mended fences
  7. mended one's ways
  8. Mendel
  9. Mendeleeff's law
  10. Mendeleefian
  11. Mendeleev

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