settle the score
Example Sentences
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Briton Ryan has an opportunity to settle the score and regain the WBO welterweight title after she was outpointed by American Mayer, 34, in New York in September.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
I just laid things out without trying to sweeten the edges or making excuses, but this is not a book that I was writing to settle the score.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024
In the first event on the main card, Lynch tried to settle the score with her ex-best friend Charlotte Flair.
From Fox News ● Nov. 22, 2021
So this year, in order to settle the score, I set out to take 1,000 photos on each device.
From The Verge ● Nov. 10, 2021
Once the Austrians had assembled their troops, they planned to march into Serbia and settle the score by means of a swift offensive.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
