Any phrasal verb for 'make amends' please?

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Mehrgan

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Hi all,

Would you please tell me if there are any synonyms in INFORMAL contexts used for 'make amends'?
 

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Also, you can put/make things right with someone.
 

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You can also patch things up.
 

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AmE sometimes uses 'do right by' in this context, although it is used for other situations as well.
 

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Doesn't 'make amends' itself qualify? It's not as if 'an amend' was something the making of which one could learn (in Amend making 101?).

In a related idiom, when you've made amends you can check by saying 'Are we OK?'

It's interesting that, etymologically, 'atone' has a hint of phrasal-ness in it.

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