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settles one's account

settles one's account is the third-person singular simple present indicative of settle one's account.

Meaning of settle one's account

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

Questions about settles one's account

What is settles one's account the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Settles one's account is the third-person singular simple present indicative of settle one's account.

Words near settles one's account in the dictionary

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

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