- mend your ways
- change/mend (your) ways
to improve the way in which you behave.
If he wants to carry on living here, he's going to have to change his ways.
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mend your ways
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mend your ways — phrase to improve your behaviour after you have been behaving badly for a long time She let him stay because he promised to mend his ways. Thesaurus: to become bettersynonym Main entry: mend * * * mend your ways : to change or improve your… … Useful english dictionary
mend your ways — ► to begin to improve your behaviour after you have been behaving badly: »The outcry over third world child exploitation has shamed some employers into mending their ways. Main Entry: ↑mend … Financial and business terms
mend your ways — mend (your) ways See at: change ways … New idioms dictionary
mend your ways — to improve your behaviour after you have been behaving badly for a long time She let him stay because he promised to mend his ways … English dictionary
change your ways — change/mend (your) ways to improve the way in which you behave. If he wants to carry on living here, he s going to have to change his ways … New idioms dictionary
mend — [mend] noun on the mend improving again after being weak: • The economy is now on the mend. * * * Ⅰ. mend UK US /mend/ verb [T] ► UK to repair something that is broken or not working: »They re sending someone round to mend the photocopier … Financial and business terms
mend one's ways — {v. phr.} To reform; change one s behavior from negative to positive. * /He had better mend his ways or he ll wind up in jail./ … Dictionary of American idioms
mend one's ways — {v. phr.} To reform; change one s behavior from negative to positive. * /He had better mend his ways or he ll wind up in jail./ … Dictionary of American idioms
mend ways — mend (your) ways See at: change ways … New idioms dictionary
mend — mend1 [mend] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(repair)¦ 2¦(become healthy)¦ 3 mend your ways 4 mend (your) fences 5¦(end a quarrel)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: amend] 1.) ¦(REPAIR)¦ [T] a) to repair a tear or hole in a piece of clothi … Dictionary of contemporary English
