settle a score/account

FINISH DOING somethingto do something to hurt or cause trouble for someone because they have harmed or offended you 清算积怨，报宿仇

Did he have any enemies – someone with an old score to settle?

他是不是有什么仇人——和他结有宿怨的人？

Examples from the Corpus

settle a score/account• Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.• Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat.

→ settle a score/account at settle(1)

词汇	settle a score/account
释义	settle a score/account settle a score/account FINISH DOING somethingto do something to hurt or cause trouble for someone because they have harmed or offended you 清算积怨，报宿仇 Did he have any enemies – someone with an old score to settle? 他是不是有什么仇人——和他结有宿怨的人？ Examples from the Corpus settle a score/account• Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.• Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat. → settle a score/account at settle(1)
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