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> I don't think us getting together tonight is such a good idea.
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> やっぱり今夜、よりを戻すのは止めておこう。

I would like to understand this sentence better, specifically the (idiomatic?)
expression, "よりを戻す." I will parse the parts I am not sure of below to see if I
grasp it correctly:

"やっぱり" "after all."

"よりを戻す" is an idiom(?) meaning "get back together."

"止めておこう" "Should let pass/should let the matter drop/let's quit"

If these are acceptable, how does "よりを戻す" express "get back together"?

And does the おこう in "止めておこう" derive from 置く?
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grammar words て-form idioms
Understanding "よりを戻す" and "止めておこう"
As you correctly understood, よりを戻す is an idiom meaning for a broken couple to
get back together.

[[縒]{よ}る](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?p=%E7%B8%92%E3%82%8B&stype=1&dtype=0&dname=0ss)
means “to twist threads together to make a thicker string.”
[[縒]{よ}りを戻す](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?dtype=0&dname=0ss&p=%E3%82%88%E3%82%8A%E3%82%92%E3%82%82%E3%81%A9%E3%81%99)
literally means to undo this process and turn a string into several threads
apart. This may sound like the opposite of getting back together (certainly it
does sound like the opposite to me), but I guess that the analogy here is that
“twisting” refers to the conflict between a couple, and removing the twist
corresponds to getting back together.

おこう in [止]{や}めておこう is etymologically derived from 置く (to put), but here …ておく
means “to do … for now.” In this context, よりを戻すのをやめておく means to avoid getting
back together for now.
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