BURY THE HATCHET

  

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BURY THE HATCHET

Specialty Definition: BURY THE HATCHET

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Literature

Bury the Hatchet Let by-gones be by-gones. The "Great Spirit" commanded the North American Indians, when they smoked the calumet or peacepipe, to bury their hatchet, scalping-knives, and war-clubs in the ground, that all thought of hostility might be buried out of sight.
"It is much to be regretted that the American government, having brought the great war to a conclusion, did not bury the hatchet altogether."- The Times.
"Buried was the bloody hatchet;
Buried was the dreadful war-club;
Buried were all warlike weapons,
And the war-cry was forgotten;
Then was peace among the nations."
Longfellow: Hiawatha, xiii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Synonyms within Context: BURY THE HATCHET

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Pacification

Raise a siege, lift a siege; put up the sword, sheathe the sword; bury the hatchet, lay down one's arms, turn swords into plowshares; smoke the calumet of peace, close the temple of Janus; keep the peace; (concord); be pacified; come round.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: BURY THE HATCHET

Specialty definitions using "BURY THE HATCHET": HATCHET. (references)

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Modern Usage: BURY THE HATCHET

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Lyrics

Let's bury the hatchet (MIXED EMOTIONS; performing artist: Rolling Stones)

Movie/TV Titles

Bury the Hatchet (1937)

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Commercial Usage: BURY THE HATCHET

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Books

  • The Cranberries / Bury The Hatchet (reference)

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Music

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Non-Fiction Usage: BURY THE HATCHET

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Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HATCHET, n. A young axe, known among Indians as a Thomashawk. "O bury the hatchet, irascible Red, For peace is a blessing," the White Man said. The Savage concurred, and that weapon interred, With imposing rites, in the White Man's head. John Lukkus

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Expression: BURY THE HATCHET

Expression using "BURY THE HATCHET": To bury the hatchet. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BURY THE HATCHET

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bury the hatchet

4
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Modern Translation: BURY THE HATCHET

Language Translations for "BURY THE HATCHET"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏أصلح ذات البين (make peace, reconcile). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zakopat váleènou sekeru. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

unohtaa vanhat vihat. (various references)

   

French

  

enterrer la hache de guerre. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לעשות שלום (make peace). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

elássa a csatabárdot (to bury the hatchet). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urybay ethay atchethay

   

Romanian

  

se împãca (get on), nu se mai duşmãni. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

заключить мир. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

olvidar rencores. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

barış yapmak (bury the tomahawk), savaş baltasını gömmek. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: BURY THE HATCHET

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-h-h-h-r-t-t-t-u-y"

-5 letters: trebuchet.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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