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settle a score
Also,. Get even, avenge a grievance or an injury. For example, Wendy settled an old score with Bill when she made him wait for half an hour in the rain. These expressions, dating from the mid-1800s to early 1900s, all use score in the sense of “an account” or “bill.” Also see pay off, def. 3.
Example Sentences
“I think I have to settle a score with this guy,” she concluded.
And now he might want to settle a score with his rival.
It would also show Mr. Trump, in his own voice, invoking a sensitive government document to settle a score.
The motives can be to grab land, to ostracize a woman to settle a score, or to justify violence.
Liverpool have been looking to settle a score with Real since the 2018 Champions League final defeat in Kyiv - Salah's injury after a tangle with Sergio Ramos a lingering source of bitterness - but this is a hurdle they struggle to overcome, having lost to the Spaniards in the quarter-final in 2021 and in last season's final.
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