pay off old scores

English

Verb

pay 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)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) To settle old grudges by taking revenge.
    Near-synonyms: even the score, settle the score, settle a score

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