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settle one's account

settle one's account verb: to return what one owes; to make good on one's debts; to pay back.

Verb

settle one's account (third-person singular simple present settles one's account, present participle settling one's account, simple past and past participle settled one's account)

  1. (idiomatic) To return what one owes; to make good on one's debts; to pay back.
    • Their conversations had become more fearful, even superstitious in the past month. They called her a ghost, or a demon, or a monster. She once found one of them crying in the graveyard after midnight, praying in Latin, begging forgiveness, and she gave it to him after putting the scissor blade...2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024

Forms of settle one's account

third-person singular presentsettles one's account
present participlesettling one's account
past participlesettled one's account
pastsettled one's account

Questions about settle one's account

What does settle one's account mean?
Settle one's account means to return what one owes; to make good on one's debts; to pay back.
What part of speech is settle one's account?
Settle one's account is a verb.
What is the past tense of settle one's account?
The past tense of settle one's account is settled one's account.

Words near settle one's account in the dictionary

  1. settle down
  2. settle for
  3. settle in
  4. settle into
  5. settle on
  6. settle one's account
  7. settle one's affairs
  8. settle someone's hash
  9. settle the score
  10. settle up
  11. settle upon

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