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call a truce Definition


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truce
noun
    1. An agreement to stop fighting, usually temporarily.
      Thesaurus: armistice, ceasefire, peace, treaty, moratorium.
    2. A temporary break in fighting, hostilities, feuding, etc.
      Thesaurus: respite, peace, suspension, intermission, lull.
Idiom: call a truce
    To agree to an end of hostilities, fighting, feuding, etc.
Etymology: 14c: from Anglo-Saxon treow truth.



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