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settle up

settle up verb: to pay what one owes (a debt, a bill etc.).

Verb

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

  1. to pay what one owes (a debt, a bill etc.)

Forms of settle up

third-person singular presentsettles up
present participlesettling up
past participlesettled up
pastsettled up

Questions about settle up

What does settle up mean?
Settle up means to pay what one owes (a debt, a bill etc.).
What part of speech is settle up?
Settle up is a verb.
What is the past tense of settle up?
The past tense of settle up is settled up.

Words near settle up in the dictionary

  1. settle on
  2. settle one's account
  3. settle one's affairs
  4. settle someone's hash
  5. settle the score
  6. settle up
  7. settle upon
  8. settle with
  9. settleability
  10. settleable
  11. settleables

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