Mend Fences Meaning & Sentence Examples

Mend Fences Definition, Sentence Examples

MEND FENCES MEANING – Find out what mend fences really mean. Example sentences of this idiomatic expression can also be found here.

The saying “Good fences make good neighbors” from the 17th century is the source of the idiom “mend fences.” Evidently, this means that when a fence is damaged, it is fixed or restored in order to preserve your good neighborly ties.

In the 20th century, the expression changed and came to mean reestablishing previously positive ties.

Mend Fences Meaning:

to attempt to repair a strained connection
to attempt to mend or rebuild a relationship that has been damaged by a disagreement or miscommunication

Here are examples of sentences that use mend fences:

Nancy is very good at mending fences with people she had previously hurt.
After the nasty fight with his brother, Jack decided to mend fences by buying his brother some presents.
Paul mended fences with his dad by replacing the toolshed that he had broken earlier.
He mended fences with her mother.

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