| 单词 | to get evens with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get (also be) evens with 1. Of a person: that has settled his or her accounts; ‘quits’; = even adj.1 13a. Only in to get (also be) evens with (cf. even adj.1 and n.2 Phrases 6, Phrases 10a). ΚΠ 1714 G. Lockhart Let. 25 May (1989) 102 Wee..saw no way left but to be evens with those who thus used us. 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. July 339/1 He would be evens with him. 1868 M. Chester Mem. Madam Chester xi. 109 Never mind, old boy, I'll be evens with you when he comes back; for if you don't tell me his name, I'll go and tell him plump out all that you have told me. 1908 E. Phillpotts Mother 327 'Twould be pleasing my master and getting evens with that anointed scamp. 1947 S. H. Adams Banner by Wayside xvii. 206 ‘It's a damn, dirty lie and I'll be evens with you for it,’ growled the barman. 1997 Calcutta Hist. Jrnl. 19–20 121 A letter to the editor expressed the fear that the Bill would give the Indians the chance to get evens with the ‘hated Europeans’. < as lemmas |
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