make amends

idiom

: to do something to correct a mistake that one has made or a bad situation that one has caused

She tried to make amends by apologizing to him.

I'd like to make amends (to you) for my behavior last night.

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Make Amends If Trust Was Broken Apologize, make amends and rebuild trust by showing humility and self-awareness. —

Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 The Gallagher brothers finally decided to make amends after years of familial feuding in a move that prompted a frenzy earlier this month. —

Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024 Telling her the next chapters of your story and making amends, then, could have a positive, right-sizing effect on both of you. —

R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024 Tribes argued the bill would go a long way toward California making amends for atrocities committed on native peoples. —

Calmatters, The Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for make amends