pay off old scores

verb

To settle old grudges by taking revenge.

“Near-synonyms: even the score, settle the score, settle a score”

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Meanings

verbpay off old scores (third-person singular simple present pays off old scores, present participle paying off old scores, simple past and past participle paid off old scores)

present singular third person pays off old scores · participle present paying off old scores · participle past paid off old scores · past paid off old scores

  1. idiomaticinformalTo settle old grudges by taking revenge.

    Near-synonyms: even the score, settle the score, settle a score

    Synonyms: even the score, settle the score, settle a score

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo settle old grudges by taking revenge.

Similar
even the scoresettle the scoresettle a score
Also see
even the score
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