settle the score

I just laid things out without trying to sweeten the edges or making excuses, but this is not a book that I was writing to settle the score.

Once the Austrians had assembled their troops, they planned to march into Serbia and settle the score by means of a swift offensive.

“Motion Sickness” doesn’t shy away from Bridgers’s pain, but it seeks to settle the score with a few boldly cutting lines, like “You gave me 1,500 to see your hypnotherapist,” and, best of all, “Why do you sing with an English accent? I guess it’s too late to change it now.”

“All those involved in the October massacre should know we’ll get to them, and we’ll settle the score,” declared Danny Danon, a member of Parliament from the Likud party.

Ortega returned hours later to settle the score by robbing his assailant, only to be quickly arrested.