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settling one's account

settling one's account is the present participle and gerund 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 settling one's account

What is settling one's account the present participle and gerund of?
Settling one's account is the present participle and gerund of settle one's account.

Words near settling one's account in the dictionary

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

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