settle a score

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settle a score

verb settles a score · settling a score · 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.

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@misc{settle_a_score_2026,
  title = {settle a score},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/settle%20a%20score},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}