pay/settle an old scorePUNISHto punish someone for something wrong that they did to you in the past 报旧仇,了结宿怨pay/settle an old score• Oh, I heard plenty of rumours, but they were nearly all based on settling old scores.• There was no place like the thick of battle for settling an old score.• With the championship having been decided, this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores.
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