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settles a score

settles a score is the third-person singular simple present indicative of settle a score.

Meaning of settle a 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

Questions about settles a score

What is settles a score the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Settles a score is the third-person singular simple present indicative of settle a score.

Words near settles a score in the dictionary

  1. settleristic
  2. settlerists
  3. settlers
  4. Settlers of Catan
  5. settles
  6. settles a score
  7. settles accounts with
  8. settles down
  9. settles for
  10. settles in
  11. settles into

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