Definitions

settle with

VERB

revenge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avenge get back at vindicate

STRONG

defend fix get justify match punish reciprocate redress repay requite retort return score square

WEAK

be out for blood even the score fight back fix one's wagon get even give comeuppance hit back kick back make reprisal pay back pay back in spades pay off return the compliment settle up stick it to take an eye for an eye turn the tables on venge

Antonyms

STRONG

deny depart fail leave lose refuse request surrender take

WEAK

forgive pardon sympathize

Example Sentences

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Late last year he agreed to settle with former Twitter executives and thousands of former employees of the social platform, which he has renamed X, after fighting for years to pay them nothing.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

If the Justice Department decides to settle with Live Entertainment, a group of some 40 state attorney generals will probably persist in their own antitrust litigation.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

They’re waiting for a deal to settle, with an expected final share price “in the low to mid $30s,” Einhorn wrote.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

My kids have to settle with it too.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Still, nobody ever messed with Cade Hernandez after that, not even Blake Grunwald, our German-dancer backup catcher who had a definite score to settle with my friend.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

settle with

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