| 单词 | to even up on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto even up on 2. intransitive. U.S. colloquial. to even up on: to requite, repay, or make a return to a person; (also) to recoup money at the expense of a person. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > requite or pay back (a person) foryield971 to quit or yield (one) his whilec1175 acquitc1300 quitc1330 restore?a1400 refound1438 requite1530 regrate?c1550 repay1557 redub1558 quittance1590 to meet witha1593 to pay (a person) (off) scot and lot1598 meeta1625 retaliate1629 reimburse1644 compensate1804 to even up on1879 1879 Dollar Press (Greencastle, Indiana) 14 May 1/5 The operators cut each other on the contracts, and then try to even up on the miners. 1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 88 ‘You and the Cap has done me a good turn’ he says. ‘Some day I'll even up on you.’ 1933 Writer's Monthly Mar. 147/2 He may even seem to be evening up on you for the bowing he has had to do in retaining the favor of some of his guild members. 2012 W. W. Johnstone & J. A. Johnstone Hundred Ways to Kill viii. 123 Waco Brindle's making noises about evening up on you two. < as lemmas |
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