call a truce• Round about the Elephant and Castle I decided to call a truce and talk to him.• For that at Olympia, the oldest and most prestigious, it was customary for cities at war to call a truce.• I mean, why don't we call a truce, eh?• Why don't we call a truce, start again?
Origintruce
(1300-1400) Plural of true“agreement”((14-17 centuries)), from Old Englishtreow“keeping of a promise”