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fence-mending
[ fens-men-ding ]
noun
- the practice of reestablishing or strengthening personal, business, or political contacts and relationships by conciliation or negotiation, as after a dispute, disagreement, or period of inactivity.
adjective
- of, relating to, or promoting fence-mending.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fence-mending1
1940–45; Americanism
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Example Sentences
OK, the gathering was billed as a fence-mending session, so no one was expecting a blast of hot rhetoric.
From The Daily Beast
Nevertheless he ordered his ranger to knock off fence mending for the present.
From Project Gutenberg
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