Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap.

    I don't think he was very happy with my work, so I'm going to talk to him and try to mend fences.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

mends fences, mending fences, mended fences, mended fences
Base formmend fences · to mend fences
3rd person singularmends fences
Present participlemending fences
Past simplemended fences
Past participlemended fences

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymend fences
he, she, itmends fences

Past simpleLesson

all personsmended fences

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave mended fences
he, she, ithas mended fences

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill mend fences

Word family

2 related words
Relatedfence-mendingbuild bridges

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
menacinglyC2menageriemendB1mendaciousmendicantmeningitis

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