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quitting scores

quitting scores is the present participle and gerund of quit scores.

Meaning of quit scores

Verb

quit scores (third-person singular simple present quits scores, present participle quitting scores, simple past and past participle quitted scores or quit scores)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To settle or balance accounts or differences; to make compensation.
    • Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it?1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
    Synonyms:
    settle scores, call it quits

Questions about quitting scores

What is quitting scores the present participle and gerund of?
Quitting scores is the present participle and gerund of quit scores.

Words near quitting scores in the dictionary

  1. quitters
  2. quittest
  3. quitteth
  4. quittin'
  5. quitting
  6. quitting scores
  7. quitting the oxygen habit
  8. quitting time
  9. quitting times
  10. quitting while one is ahead
  11. quitting-time

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