hold out/offer an olive branch
to do or say something in order to show that you want to end a disagreement with someone:
He held out an olive branch to the opposition by releasing 42 political prisoners.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Peace
- anti-war
- concord
- dove
- dovish
- non-aggression
- non-violence
- olive
- pacific
- pacifism
- pacifist
- Pax
- peace
- peace offering
- peace-loving
- peaceable
- peaceful
- peacekeeping
- peacetime
- phoney war
- truce