score to settle
Example Sentences
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I know McCann was jawing with Makar and his Kraken teammates likely felt this was McCann’s score to settle.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
“We really felt like we had we had a score to settle for that, to show that the ABA teams were good.”
From Washington Times ● May 30, 2023
His answer — he has a grave to visit and a score to settle — feels like both an honest one and a deflection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Brighton have a bit of a score to settle with West Brom after having a goal wrongly disallowed in bizarre circumstances when they lost 1-0 to them in the Premier League last year.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2022
"Put it down, boy! I've enough of a score to settle with you as it is!"
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
