Choose the most appropriate option which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom:
Bury the hatchet
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → to make peace
The idiom bury the hatchet means to end a quarrel and make peace with someone. It comes from the old Native American custom of burying a hatchet (a small axe used as a weapon) when two sides agreed to stop fighting.
Example: After years of not speaking, the two neighbours finally buried the hatchet.
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