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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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verb

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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Dictionary Entry

bury the hatchet

Part of Speechverb

To stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.

In a Sentence

“They need to calm down and bury the hatchet before someone gets hurt.”

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Antonyms

take up the hatchet

Related Words

resolvesheathe the swordsettle accounts withhammer output to restfight outagree to disagreebury

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