Practicing Success
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To bury the hatchet |
To stop talking to someone To end a quarrel To bury old things To fight with someone |
To end a quarrel |
The most appropriate meaning of the given idiom "to bury the hatchet" is (2) To end a quarrel. The idiom "to bury the hatchet" means to end a disagreement or a fight. It is often used to describe two people who have been enemies but who have decided to make peace. The idiom comes from the practice of Native Americans burying a hatchet after a battle to symbolize the end of the fighting. The other options do not fit the meaning of the idiom.
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