See bury the hatchet on Wiktionary
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"word": "دَفَنَ الأَحْقَادَ"
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"roman": "huà gāngē wéi yùbó",
"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "化干戈為玉帛"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "言歸於好"
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"roman": "yánguīyúhǎo",
"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "言归于好"
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"roman": "héjiě",
"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "重修舊好"
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"roman": "chóngxiūjiùhǎo",
"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "重修旧好"
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"word": "skončit boj"
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"word": "zakopat válečnou sekeru"
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"word": "de strijdbijl begraven"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "haudata sotakirves"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "enterrer la hache de guerre"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "das Kriegsbeil begraben"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "elássa a csatabárdot"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "að grafa stríðsöxina"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "an chloch a chaitheamh as an muinchille"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "sotterrare l'ascia di guerra"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "seppellire l'ascia di guerra"
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"alt": "わぼくする",
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"roman": "waboku suru",
"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "和睦する"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "begrave stridsøksen"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "zakopać topór wojenny"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
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"roman": "zarýtʹ topór vojný",
"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
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"word": "зары́ть топо́р войны́"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "hacer las paces"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "limar asperezas"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "tengamos la fiesta en paz (set phrase; usu. admonitory)"
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"word": "gräva ner stridsyxan"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "claddu asgwrn y gynnen"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "化干戈為玉帛"
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"word": "言歸於好"
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"word": "haudata sotakirves"
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"word": "enterrer la hache de guerre"
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"word": "elássa a csatabárdot"
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"word": "að grafa stríðsöxina"
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"word": "an chloch a chaitheamh as an muinchille"
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"sense": "to stop fighting or arguing",
"word": "sotterrare l'ascia di guerra"
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