verb · irregular · intransitive · common

even the score

even the score · evens the score · evened the score · evening the score

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To seek or obtain revenge against someoneTo seek or obtain revenge against someone.

» Even Tom scored today.

Meaning

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(idiomatic)To seek or obtain revenge against someone.
Near-synonyms: pay off old scores, pay back in someone's own coin
When the student pulled a prank on the principal, the principal evened the score by giving the student a suspension.
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By meaning 1

seek or obtain revenge against someone:

By analogy to scorekeeping in sports.

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evens the score, evening the score, evened the score, evened the score

Base form	even the score · to even the score
3rd person singular	evens the score
Present participle	evening the score
Past simple	evened the score
Past participle	evened the score

irregular

I, you, we, they	even the score
he, she, it	evens the score

all persons

evened the score

I, you, we, they	have evened the score
he, she, it	has evened the score

all persons

will even the score

4 synonyms

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