even up

verb

To make even; to make level.

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compensatecounterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven offsquare upjog
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Meanings

verbeven up (third-person singular simple present evens up, present participle evening up, simple past and past participle evened up)

present singular third person evens up · participle present evening up · participle past evened up · past evened up

  1. transitiveTo make even; to make level.

    I told him, smiling, that I would get even with him for his mistake, and he laughed heartily, and asked me to call once in a while. I did so, hoping for a chance to even up accounts, but he gave me none, and I told him I would wait.

    1895, Robert W. Chambers, The Repairer of Reputations
  2. intransitiveTo become even.
  3. businessTo secure a profit to offset a previous loss.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbadjust for

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compensatecounterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven off
Broader
balanceequilibrateequilibrize

verbeven up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing

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square upjog
Broader
square
Also see
compensatecorrectcounterbalanceeven outjogmake upsquare up

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “even up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/even%20up.

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