英语词汇“settle (or pay) a (or the) score”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

settle (or pay) a (or the) score

1Take revenge on someone for something damaging that they have done in the past: his 957-page book also appears to be a chance to settle old scores...

And we settled a score with Steve, who beat me on the North West Stages this year, but finished 15 seconds behind us!
Each wanted to settle the score and claim that Hip-Hop Culture began and thrived on their home turf, when in fact both places probably had the same amount of youth on the street developing the culture that we know today as Hip-Hop.
‘They're a team we lost to in the first half of the season so we'd like to settle the score,’ he said.

Synonyms

grievance, bone to pick, axe to grind, grudge, complaint;

dispute, bone of contention

rare crow to pluck

take (one's) revenge, hit back at someone, get back at someone, retaliate, get even, get one's own back, pay someone back, give someone a dose/taste of their own medicine, pay someone back in their own coin

2 dated Pay off a debt or other obligation.But the company did ultimately agree to settle the score, even if resolution came too late to save your family vacation....

It can also be a wallowing in the past and all the wrongs it wrought, a desire to return and settle the score, to remake what we regret.

See parent entry: score

单词	settle (or pay) a (or the) score
释义	settle (or pay) a (or the) score 1Take revenge on someone for something damaging that they have done in the past: his 957-page book also appears to be a chance to settle old scores... And we settled a score with Steve, who beat me on the North West Stages this year, but finished 15 seconds behind us! Each wanted to settle the score and claim that Hip-Hop Culture began and thrived on their home turf, when in fact both places probably had the same amount of youth on the street developing the culture that we know today as Hip-Hop. ‘They're a team we lost to in the first half of the season so we'd like to settle the score,’ he said. Synonyms grievance, bone to pick, axe to grind, grudge, complaint; dispute, bone of contention rare crow to pluck take (one's) revenge, hit back at someone, get back at someone, retaliate, get even, get one's own back, pay someone back, give someone a dose/taste of their own medicine, pay someone back in their own coin 2 dated Pay off a debt or other obligation.But the company did ultimately agree to settle the score, even if resolution came too late to save your family vacation.... It can also be a wallowing in the past and all the wrongs it wrought, a desire to return and settle the score, to remake what we regret. See parent entry: score
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