bury the hatchet

English

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.

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)

(US) To stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.
They need to calm down and bury the hatchet before someone gets hurt.

Antonym: take up the hatchet

Translations

to stop fighting or arguing

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 化干戈為玉帛 (zh), 化干戈为玉帛 (zh) (huà gāngē wéi yùbó), 言歸於好 (zh), 言归于好 (zh) (yánguīyúhǎo), 和解 (zh) (héjiě)
Czech: skončit boj, zakopat válečnou sekeru
Dutch: de strijdbijl begraven
Finnish: haudata sotakirves
French: enterrer la hache de guerre (fr)
German: das Kriegsbeil begraben (de)
Hungarian: elássa a csatabárdot
Irish: an chloch a chaitheamh as an muinchille
Italian: sotterrare l'ascia di guerra, seppellire l'ascia di guerra

Japanese: 和睦する (ja) (わぼくする, waboku suru)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: begrave stridsøksen
Polish: zakopać topór wojenny (pl)
Portuguese: fazer as pazes (pt)
Russian: зары́ть топо́р войны́ pf (zarýtʹ topór vojný)
Spanish: enterrar el hacha de guerra
Swedish: begrava stridsyxan
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: claddu asgwrn y gynnen

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