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bu·ry·ing the hatch·et
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Burying the hatchet
Bury the hatchet is an American English colloquialism meaning "to make peace." The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away the tomahawk at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United States, specifically concerning the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy and in Iroquois custom in general. Weapons were to be buried or otherwise cached in time of peace.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of burying the hatchet in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of burying the hatchet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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