make nice
verb1
US To be friendly or conciliatory towards another, often in the context of maintaining good relations or resolving a conflict with the other person.
- And now he had to go make nice with the good doctor's grandma.1999, Gina Wilkins, Doctor in Disguise, page 18:
- [H]e either had to make nice with the guards or make nice with the prisoners. And frankly, the way the prisoners made nice scared the bejeesus out of him.2002, Dee Davis, Dark of the Night, page 31:
1 more example
- “A jackass? I'm trying to make nice.” “I don't need your nice. Go make nice with Angela.”2010, Catherine Wade, Let's Dish, page 76: