square accounts
Example Sentences
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It didn't take the Wildcats long, down seven at halftime, to square accounts.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2011
Angry, because they felt that T. A. T. had publicized their discharge as a sort of burnt offering to disgruntled stockholders, Vidal & Collins saw a chance to square accounts.
From Time Magazine Archive
In effect, Khomeini declared that, come what may, he would square accounts with his enemy Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, whom he described as already "dead."
From Time Magazine Archive
In any event, U.S. officials are determined to square accounts.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the evening we prepared ourselves to square accounts with Himmelstoss.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
