WordNet
fence mending
n. social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics); "they moved forward from a period of fence mending to substantive changes in the country"
Usage examples of "fence mending".
That day at Alder's suggestion they went fence mending, walking the goat-pasture fence, Sparrowhawk on the inside and Alder on the outside.
So far, they hadn't noticed the bodies near the hatchor considered them important enough to interrupt their fence mending.
Now, with Rhomerdunov interested in the project, this was the time for fence mending.