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settle a score

settle a score verb: to even the score.

Verb

settle a score (third-person singular simple present settles a score, present participle settling a score, simple past and past participle settled a score)

  1. (idiomatic) To even the score.
    • Arsenal also have a score to settle with Liverpool after losing 2-0 at home in the recent FA Cup third-round tie, when they had so many chances to score before almost inevitably falling victim to two late sucker-punches.2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

Forms of settle a score

third-person singular presentsettles a score
present participlesettling a score
past participlesettled a score
pastsettled a score

Questions about settle a score

What does settle a score mean?
Settle a score means to even the score.
What part of speech is settle a score?
Settle a score is a verb.
What is the past tense of settle a score?
The past tense of settle a score is settled a score.

Words near settle a score in the dictionary

  1. settings
  2. Settla
  3. settlability
  4. settlable
  5. settle
  6. settle a score
  7. settle accounts with
  8. settle bed
  9. settle beds
  10. settle down
  11. settle for

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