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settle a score
verb as in pay
Strong matches
Example Sentences
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.
Mr. Fischoeder, the eccentric landlord, has decided to settle a score with his brother by writing a play called “Hamlet, But Good This Time,” which he enlists the Belchers to stage and star in; Linda is thrilled, Bob is anxious and Louise would rather learn how to sharpen knives.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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