mend fences

idiom

variants or mend one's fences

: to improve or repair a relationship that has been damaged by an argument or disagreement

She mended fences with her father.

She and her father are trying to mend their fences.

After the election, he spent a lot of time mending political fences.

Examples of mend fences in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After winning on a progressive platform to address affordability in the nation’s largest city, the democratic socialist has continued to mend fences with powerful figures to his right. —Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025

The universe is giving us another chance to mend fences, heal our hearts, and look back and right our wrongs or attempt to make good on former promises. —Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Nov. 2025

Thanks to budget increases from the city government, Wright hired two employees who make house calls to encourage owners to get their animals fixed and mend fences so that dogs known to wander can’t get loose. —Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025

Recently, her husband tried to mend fences with his brother, but the issue came up again. —Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for mend fences

• commences
• condenses
• defences
• defenses
• dispenses
• expenses
• offences
• offenses
• pretences
• pretenses
• sixpences
• valences