“Bury the Hatchet”
💭 Meaning
To “bury the hatchet” is to make peace with someone after a conflict, putting past disagreements aside and moving forward amicably.
✍️ Examples
After weeks of tension over the group project, the two students finally decided to bury the hatchet before their presentation.
Henry encouraged the feuding co-founders to bury the hatchet before their club's story became part of their college essays.
Henry's nephew and his friend buried the hatchet after their argument over the group chat drama.
📜 Origin
The phrase comes from Native American tradition, specifically among some Northeastern tribes, where literally burying a tomahawk or hatchet symbolized the end of a conflict and the start of peace between opposing sides. Early European settlers documented this practice, and by the 18th century, the phrase had entered English as a figurative expression for reconciling after a dispute, regardless of whether an actual weapon was involved.
