score
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8.1
- noun
- /skɔr/
:
rencor
- He felt she had a score to settle after what happened at the meeting.
- settle the score
- an old score
- settling of scores
You know, most of us are all about settling scores, you know, But The thing is, the scores never really settled.
- You know, most of us are all about settling scores, you know, But The thing is, the scores never really settled.
- So any chance I see where somebody who wants to even the score a little bit is trying to make that happen?
Examples
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I got a score to settle on this planet.
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The chance to settle an old score.
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Maybe you had a score to settle.
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Besides, man, I got a score to settle, you understand?
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I came to this hospital to settle an old score.
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We gotta even the score, don't we?
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I've got a major score to settle.
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l've got a score to settle with you.
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I have a score to settle with Prince Dragna.
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You're settling old scores.
Synonyms
148
4.3
A long-lasting feeling of anger or dislike because of a past hurt
89
5.8
A complaint about something unfair, often made formally to people in charge
75
3.4
A strong feeling of anger and hurt toward someone
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
11
4.9
Understand what really happens in a situation, often when it is bad
- Archaic
A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address
Compounds
- Specialized
5
3.7
Written music that shows all the parts for singers and instruments on separate lines
- Specialized
1
5.4
A quick test on a newborn to check heart rate, breathing, skin colour, muscle tone, and reflexes
- Archaic
1
9.9
Seventy years that people often use to mean a typical human lifespan
- Jargon
A number that compares weightlifting results for people with different body weights
How Vengeful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Score meaning a grudge or thing to be settled comes from the idea of a record or tally that must be made even, so to 'even the score' is to get revenge or settle a debt.