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settling score
| Main Entry: |
get even
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to get revenge |
| Synonyms: | even the score, get back at, get square, settle the score |
| Main Entry: | repay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get even; obtain restitution for past injustice |
| Synonyms: | avenge, even the score, get back at, get revenge, make reprisal, pay back, reciprocate, requite, retaliate, return, return the compliment, revenge, settle the score, square accounts |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | vengeance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retaliation for another's act |
| Synonyms: | avengement, avenging, counterblow, evening of score, eye for an eye, getting even, repayment, reprisal, requital, retribution, return, revenge, settling of score, tit for tat, vengefulness, wrath |
| Antonyms: | forgiveness, pardon |
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