mend your 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.

mend your ways

COMMON If someone mends their ways, they stop behaving badly or illegally and improve their behaviour. He seemed to accept his sentence meekly, promising to work hard in prison and to mend his ways. When asked if he intended to mend his ways, he told us `I'll try my best.'

mend your ˈways

(British English) improve your behaviour, way of living, etc: If Richard doesn’t mend his ways, they’ll throw him out of college.

See also: mend, way

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

mend (one's) ways
mend one's ways
mend 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

References in classic literature

So, when you mend your legs, you mend your ways. Ho, ho, ho!

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

"You will mend your ways if you have any sense left," said Agatha remorselessly.

Unsocial Socialist

This will be possible only when you mend your ways," he said.

Mulayam warns SP ' goons' to mend ways

"Do not wait for that to happen, mend your ways for your and your family's good," Duterte said.

Duterte tells criminals: Leave Davao City vertically or horizontally

MEND YOUR WAYS: Colin Boxshall and Elaine Wright of Safer Estates visiting homes of nuisance neighbours with police

START BEHAVING OR WE'LL BOOT YOU OUT; Nuisance residents warned

If you find it difficult to mend your ways, consider counselling..

I want to stop cheating on her

Dead mothers' sons, it's a crime beyond the human soul, Cold persons with a colder knife, care not to foul, The behaviour is beyond all decency, so mend your ways, Your family's sadness if imprisoned you become, save your days.

KNIFE STRIFE; Your Poem

Best mend your ways! Signed, Your neighbors, Sherlock and Watson."

Balance of justice: cultural advances, openly gay clerks, and speculation about the sexual orientation of one of their own have substantially changed the way the Supreme Court justices weigh civil rights. (Cover Story)

Sentencing Leask to three years' probation and 240 hours community service he said: "You are being given a last chance to mend your ways.

HONEST DEALINGS

A14-year-old boy with a massive 46 previous convictions has been warned in court - mend your ways or spend your life in jail.

TEEN JAIL WARNING

词组	mend your ways
释义	mend your 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 your ways COMMON If someone mends their ways, they stop behaving badly or illegally and improve their behaviour. He seemed to accept his sentence meekly, promising to work hard in prison and to mend his ways. When asked if he intended to mend his ways, he told us `I'll try my best.' See also: mend, way Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. mend your ˈways (British English) improve your behaviour, way of living, etc: If Richard doesn’t mend his ways, they’ll throw him out of college. See also: mend, way Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: mend (one's) ways mend one's ways mend 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 References in classic literature So, when you mend your legs, you mend your ways. Ho, ho, ho! The Patchwork Girl of Oz "You will mend your ways if you have any sense left," said Agatha remorselessly. Unsocial Socialist This will be possible only when you mend your ways," he said. Mulayam warns SP ' goons' to mend ways "Do not wait for that to happen, mend your ways for your and your family's good," Duterte said. Duterte tells criminals: Leave Davao City vertically or horizontally MEND YOUR WAYS: Colin Boxshall and Elaine Wright of Safer Estates visiting homes of nuisance neighbours with police START BEHAVING OR WE'LL BOOT YOU OUT; Nuisance residents warned If you find it difficult to mend your ways, consider counselling.. I want to stop cheating on her Dead mothers' sons, it's a crime beyond the human soul, Cold persons with a colder knife, care not to foul, The behaviour is beyond all decency, so mend your ways, Your family's sadness if imprisoned you become, save your days. KNIFE STRIFE; Your Poem Best mend your ways! Signed, Your neighbors, Sherlock and Watson." Balance of justice: cultural advances, openly gay clerks, and speculation about the sexual orientation of one of their own have substantially changed the way the Supreme Court justices weigh civil rights. (Cover Story) Sentencing Leask to three years' probation and 240 hours community service he said: "You are being given a last chance to mend your ways. HONEST DEALINGS A14-year-old boy with a massive 46 previous convictions has been warned in court - mend your ways or spend your life in jail. TEEN JAIL WARNING
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