"mend fences" meaning in English

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          "text": "I don't think he was very happy with my work, so I'm going to talk to him and try to mend fences.",
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          "ref": "2009, Elinor Lipman, The Family Man, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 23:",
          "text": "And furthermore, just because I agree to take a walk doesn't mean we've mended fences. But he doesn't pick up.",
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          "ref": "2014 September 3, Justin McCurry, “Japan's Shinzo Abe appoints pro-China MPs in bid to mend fences with Beijing”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has signalled a rare attempt to mend fences with China when he appointed two MPs considered friendly towards Beijing to two senior posts in his governing Liberal Democratic party (LDP).",
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          "ref": "2024 May 4, Simon Tisdall, “Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards”, in The Observer, →ISSN:",
          "text": "She [Meloni] has reduced Italy’s dealings with China, too – and helped mend fences with Orbán.",
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        "To repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap."
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        "(idiomatic) To repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap."
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          "word": "limar asperezas"
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