sheathe the sword

verb

To end a battle; to make peace.

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Meanings

verbsheathe the sword (third-person singular simple present sheathes the sword, present participle sheathing the sword, simple past and past participle sheathed the sword)

present singular third person sheathes the sword · participle present sheathing the sword · participle past sheathed the sword · past sheathed the sword

  1. idiomaticTo end a battle; to make peace.
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    My wish and hope, therefore, is, that it will be rejected by this House; and that another, dutiful yet decent, manly address, will be presented to his majesty, praying that he would sheathe the sword, prevent the further effusion of the blood of our fellow subjects, and adopt some mode of negotiation with the general Congress, in compliance with their repeated petition, thereby restoring peace and harmony to this distracted empire.

    1777, John Wilkes, The Conquest of the Americans
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