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  What it means

  Literally “to bury the war axe.” Means to make peace, end a conflict, or reconcile with someone after a dispute. The equivalent of the English “to bury the hatchet.”

  Vocabulary

  • zakopać — to bury
  • topór — axe
  • wojenny — of war, war (adjective)

  Cultural context

  Borrowed from Native American peace-making traditions, the same imagery exists in English ('bury the hatchet') and Polish.

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