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Discover Ludwig"need mending" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something is in need of repair or fixing. Example: The bicycle's tires are flat and the chain is rusted. It will need mending before it can be ridden again.
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Mend fences, if they need mending.
I like to buy vintage clothes that need mending.
Before the game, Smith and Woodson met with reporters and said their relationship did not need mending.
Some Fences Need Mending "We're talking about a guy who has been successful -- and successful quickly," said David Rebovich, director of the Rider Institute of New Jersey Politics.
But in two areas Mr Schröder has to be careful.First, relations with France, with which Germany has long shared a duopoly of power within the European Union, need mending.
When it was pointed out that a reporter's pocket had a rip, Mr. Adler said, "Why didn't you tell me?" The reporter promised to return with other items that need mending.
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Now the repair job itself needs mending.
The bridge to Sinn Fein's crucial American supporters needed mending.
Goodell said then that officials were calling the rule correctly but the rule itself needing mending.
The Independent Commission on Banking's report is welcome official recognition that the banking system is broken and needs mending.
My typewriter is electric and so ancient that other typewriters have to be cannibalised when it needs mending.
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