Idiom: kiss and make up

Meaning

Idiom: kiss and make up

to be friendly again after having an argument for disagreement

Example sentences

— The best part of an argument is kissing and making up.

— I wish you would stop arguing and kiss and make up—life is too short to be mad at each other for stupid little things.

— I thought we were going to break up but my girlfriend decided to kiss and make up.

— If you kiss and make up with your girlfriend again after what she's done to you, don't complain to me about her ever again.

— When the director told me to kiss and make up with my boss I told him to stop sexually harassing me and he apologized for the joke.

— I think my parents actually fight as an excuse to kiss and make up.

— My wife will only kiss and make up if there's a gift involved.

— That's the last time that I'm going to kiss and make up because nothing ever changes in this relationship.

— After that blow out argument they'll never kiss and make up.

Synonyms

settle one's differences
sort something out
hold out the olive branch
let bygones be bygones
make a peace offering
make peace
smoke the peace pipe
wipe slate clean
bury the hatchet
patch up

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Idiom: kiss and make up

Meaning

Example sentences

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