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to settle score

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  • settle a/the score — to harm or punish someone who has harmed you The movie is about a woman who seeks out an old enemy to settle a score. He says he has a few (old) scores to settle. She wants to settle the score with her ex husband. • • • Main Entry: ↑score settle …   Useful english dictionary

  • settle a score account (with somebody) — settle a ˈscore/an acˈcount (with sb) | settle an old ˈscore idiom to hurt or punish sb who has harmed or cheated you in the past • ‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’ Main entry: ↑settleidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • settle an old score — settle a ˈscore/an acˈcount (with sb) | settle an old ˈscore idiom to hurt or punish sb who has harmed or cheated you in the past • ‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’ Main entry: ↑settleidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • score — ► NOUN 1) the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved by an individual or side in a game. 2) (pl. same) a group or set of twenty. 3) (scores of) a large amount or number of. 4) a written representation of a musical composition showing all… …   English terms dictionary

  • settle an (old) score (with someone) — phrase to do something bad to someone because they did something bad to you enemies who have an old score to settle Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat yousynonym Main entry: settle …   Useful english dictionary

  • settle a an account (with somebody) — settle a ˈscore/an acˈcount (with sb) | settle an old ˈscore idiom to hurt or punish sb who has harmed or cheated you in the past • ‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’ Main entry: ↑settleidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • settle — set·tle vb set·tled, set·tling vt 1: to resolve conclusively settle a question of law 2: to establish or secure permanently a settled legal principle 3 …   Law dictionary

  • settle\ a\ score — • settle a score • wipe out an old score To hurt (someone) in return for a wrong or loss. John settled an old score with Bob by beating him. Compare: get back at, get even …   Словарь американских идиом

  • settle (or pay) a (or the) score — 1》 take revenge on someone. 2》 dated pay off a debt or other obligation. → score …   English new terms dictionary

  • settle a score — ► settle a score take revenge on someone. Main Entry: ↑score …   English terms dictionary

  • Score — (sk[=o]r), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw. sk[*a]ra. See {Shear}.] 1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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