"bury the hatchet" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: buries the hatchet [present, singular, third-person], burying the hatchet [participle, present], buried the hatchet [participle, past], buried the hatchet [past]
Etymology: The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away the tomahawk at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United States, specifically during the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy, and in Iroquois custom in general. Weapons were to be buried or otherwise cached in time of peace. Etymology templates: {{l|en|tomahawk}} tomahawk, {{l|en|Native American|Native Americans}} Native Americans, {{l|en|United States}} United States, {{l|en|Iroquois}} Iroquois, {{l|en|cache|cached}} cached Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bury the hatchet (third-person singular simple present buries the hatchet, present participle burying the hatchet, simple past and past participle buried the hatchet)
  1. (US, idiomatic) To cease fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce. Tags: US, idiomatic Translations (to stop fighting or arguing): enterrar la destral de guerra (Catalan), 化干戈為玉帛 (huà gāngē wéi yùbó) (Chinese Mandarin), 言歸於好 (Chinese Mandarin), 言归于好 (yánguīyúhǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 和解 (héjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 重修舊好 (Chinese Mandarin), 重修旧好 (chóngxiūjiùhǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), skončit boj (Czech), zakopat válečnou sekeru (Czech), de strijdbijl begraven (Dutch), haudata sotakirves (Finnish), enterrer la hache de guerre (French), das Kriegsbeil begraben (German), elássa a csatabárdot (Hungarian), að grafa stríðsöxina (Icelandic), an chloch a chaitheamh as an muinchille (Irish), sotterrare l'ascia di guerra (Italian), seppellire l'ascia di guerra (Italian), 和睦する (waboku suru) (alt: わぼくする) (Japanese), begrave stridsøksen (Norwegian Bokmål), zakopać topór wojenny (Polish), fazer as pazes (Portuguese), зары́ть топо́р войны́ (zarýtʹ topór vojný) [perfective] (Russian), hacer las paces (Spanish), limar asperezas (Spanish), tengamos la fiesta en paz (set phrase; usu. admonitory) (Spanish), begrava stridsyxan (Swedish), gräva ner stridsyxan (Swedish), claddu asgwrn y gynnen (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bury_the_hatchet-en-verb-INgkrmHP Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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