He suggests that a letter to Jack's father might smooth matters over.

But it's not clear why the collapse of Communism should smooth matters over.

Perhaps apologize to Jellico in the hopes of smoothing matters over?

Having served nearly her whole life as a person of authority, Kahlan knew that it often smoothed matters of leadership if you matched people's expectations.

Fortunately for Mills, McCoy, who spoke the native tongue with considerable fluency, was able to smooth matters over.

The reporter smoothed matters with: "Not my fault, commissioner.

Finally Zhou himself helped to smooth matters, and at the closing banquet the president is described as getting happily tipsy from all the toasts.

They always had maids around, though, which smoothed matters somewhat.

I was anxious to smooth matters between us.

It occurred to him, then, that he could smooth matters by making available to Barney one of his discarded-but still serviceable-former mistresses.