Meaning of olive-branch | Babel Free

Definitions

To extend an olive branch; to make a peace offering; to attempt to restore peaceful relations.

Examples

“As she looked at this bunch of too-full-blown roses, and realized the message that it was intended delicately to convey, the dove-like and olive-branching sentiments departed from her breast—and in their place came sentiments compounded of daggers and bow-strings and very poisonous bowls!”

“That was intricate reporting plus reasoning plus olive-branching and remonstrating.”

“The frantic olive-branching of America while consistently berating black men has worn me down.”

““Let me help you out,” I olive-branched him, “I do know what you pulled me for; I crossed the double yellow line.”

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