- pay off or settle a score
- idi pay off or settle a score, to avenge a wrong; retaliate
From formal English to slang. 2014.
pay off or settle a score
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settle a score — settle a (or the) score 1) take revenge on someone for a past act 2) dated pay off a debt or other obligation … Useful english dictionary
score — /skɔ / (say skaw) noun 1. the record of points made by the competitors in a game or match. 2. the aggregate of points made by a side or individual. 3. the scoring of a point or points. 4. Education the performance of an individual, or sometimes… …
score — scoreless, adj. scorer, n. /skawr, skohr/, n., pl. scores, score for 11, v., scored, scoring. n. 1. the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match. 2. the total points or strokes made by one side, individual, play,… … Universalium
score — [[t]skɔr, skoʊr[/t]] n. pl. scores; score for11; 1) gam the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or contest 2) the total points or strokes made by one side or competitor 3) psl edu psy edu the performance of an individual … From formal English to slang
pay off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge, let go, drop from the payroll; see dismiss 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. Informal: fix. Archaic: wreak. Idioms: even the … English dictionary for students
pay — v 1. compensate, remunerate, reward, recompense; reimburse, indemnify, refund; (usu. of debts, etc.) settle, satisfy, liquidate, discharge, clear off, square, honor, meet. 2. spend, expend, disburse, pay out; give, render, hand over, Sl. shell… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
settle (or pay) a (or the) score — 1》 take revenge on someone. 2》 dated pay off a debt or other obligation. → score … English new terms dictionary
pay — [n] earnings from employment allowance, bacon*, bread*, commission, compensation, consideration, defrayment, emoluments, fee, hire*, honorarium, income, indemnity, meed, payment, perquisite, pittance, proceeds, profit, reckoning, recompensation,… … New thesaurus
score — I n. tally (usu. sports) 1) to keep score 2) a close; even; lopsided score 3) (AE) (usu. baseball) a box score 4) a score stands (the score stood five to three = the score stood five three = the score stood at five to three; how does the score… … Combinatory dictionary
settle — Synonyms and related words: KO, abalienate, abide, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affirm, afford proof of, agree on, agree with, alien, alienate, alight, alight upon, allay, amortize, anchor, answer,… … Moby Thesaurus
