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even up

even up verb: to make even; to make level.

Verb

even up (third-person singular simple present evens up, present participle evening up, simple past and past participle evened up)

  1. (transitive) To make even; to make level.
    • I told him, smiling, that I would get even with him for his mistake, and he laughed heartily, and asked me to call once in a while. I did so, hoping for a chance to even up accounts, but he gave me none, and I told him I would wait.1895, Robert W. Chambers, The Repairer of Reputations
  2. (intransitive) To become even.
  3. To secure a profit to offset a previous loss.

Forms of even up

third-person singular presentevens up
present participleevening up
past participleevened up
pastevened up

Questions about even up

What does even up mean?
Even up means to make even; to make level.
What part of speech is even up?
Even up is a verb.
What is the past tense of even up?
The past tense of even up is evened up.

Words near even up in the dictionary

  1. even steven
  2. even still
  3. even the score
  4. even then
  5. even though
  6. even up
  7. even working
  8. even workings
  9. even-
  10. even-bishop
  11. even-bishops

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