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evens the score

evens the score is the third-person singular simple present indicative of even the score.

Meaning of even the score

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To seek or obtain revenge against someone.
    • Near-synonyms: pay off old scores, pay back in someone's own coin

Questions about evens the score

What is evens the score the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Evens the score is the third-person singular simple present indicative of even the score.

Words near evens the score in the dictionary

  1. evennight
  2. evennights
  3. evenpinnate
  4. evens
  5. evens out
  6. evens the score
  7. evens up
  8. Evensky
  9. Evenson
  10. evensong
  11. evensongs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: evens the score (page history and authors); even the score (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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