mend ways

Related to mend ways: mend one's ways

mend (one's) ways

To start behaving in a different, usually preferable, way. After I got in yet another fight at school, the headmaster told me that I had to mend my ways or else I'd be expelled. No matter how old you are, there is still time to mend your ways.
See also: mend, way
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

mend one's ways

Fig. to improve one's behavior. John used to be very wild, but he's mended his ways. You'll have to mend your ways if you go out with Mary. She hates people to be late.
See also: mend, way
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • mend (one's) ways
  • mend one's ways
  • mend your ways
  • change (one's) ways
  • change your ways
  • clean (one's) act up
  • clean act up
  • clean one’s act up
  • clean up (one's) act
  • clean up act
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It seems that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is also eager to mend ways with the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP), as he has not removed any of the PPP ministers from his cabinet after he was reinstated to the post.
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Destructive impact of media on society will not go unnoticed for long, it should mend ways lest they see the consequences in their homes, he warned.
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ISLAMABAD, February 05, 2010 (Balochistan Times): JUI Chief Syed Munawar Hassan on Friday made it clear that Kashmir is a jugular vein of Pakistan and after passing of 61 years, determination of people of Kashmir is resolute, urging they will not bend or mend ways against US or other threatening forces.
Kashmir is jugular vein of Pakistan: Syed Munawar Hassan
He warned Mittal to mend ways. However, three months later, after inspecting the same pumps, he found that Mittal was selling the
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Islamabad, Mar.8 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is ready to mend ways with the PML-N in order to bring the present political blame game to an end, but the continuous verbal attack by PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has made the matter worse.
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Chaudry Nisar called upon the need of strengthening the political setup and settling issues in the courts as well as in the Parliament instead of inviting the Army Chief to mend ways. He said the Supreme Court has given two-week time to the government in the NRO implementation case and added that if the government did not implement the courts order after lapse of this deadline, the entire responsibility of the eventuality would only rest on it.
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