He extended the olive branch to Battle Ground and to the league in a very difficult situation.

You have to have an olive branch, always. You have to have amnesties. You have to have a path always open to let the enemy back down, get off the limb, become reassimilated.

Hold out the olive branch

The officials showed up, and we paid their mileage, and they went home.

We're disappointed that the game was canceled. We are considering the game to be a forfeit.

We're willing to hold out our version of an olive branch.