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What does bury the hatchet mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bury the hatchet? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (US) To stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.
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This is a real heartbreaker as the brothers are truly magical together, so why don't you guys just bury the hatchet?
Is it not wiser, in the interest of national reconciliation, to bury the hatchet and let bygones be bygones, to put our best foot forward and start again from scratch in a democratic spirit?
When the magazine moved to New York from California, we met and didn't take to each other, but it was to our mutual interest to bury the hatchet.
The reform wing and the old guard of the PSS agreed to bury the hatchet.
Ferguson made one of the most astute decisions of his life a year ago on Thursday when he agreed to bury the hatchet with the Peterborough chairman, Darragh MacAnthony.
We did bury the hatchet, not in each other's head.

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