settle with
settle with · settles with · settled with · settling with
To get revenge on; to resolve a grudge withTo get revenge on (someone); to resolve a grudge with (someone).
» Tom had a score to settle with Mary.
Tom hatte mit Mary noch ein Hühnchen zu rupfen.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To get revenge on (someone); to resolve a grudge with (someone).
Examples
35 sentencesTom had a score to settle with Mary.
deTom hatte mit Mary noch ein Hühnchen zu rupfen.
Tom tried to settle the matter with Mary.
deTom versuchte, die Angelegenheit mit Maria beizulegen.
I have a score to settle with you.
I have a score to settle with Tom.
Tom is ready to settle down with Mary.
Forms
settles with, settling with, settled with, settled with| Base form | settle with · to settle with |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | settles with |
| Present participle | settling with |
| Past simple | settled with |
| Past participle | settled with |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- settle downзаспокоїтися, звикнутиTo make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
- settle upTo pay what one owes (a debt, a bill etc.)
- settle onUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see settle, on.
- settle inTo get comfortable or established, as in a new place.
- settle forTo accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable.
- settle intoTo become comfortable with a place or routine.
- settle withTo get revenge on (someone); to resolve a grudge with (someone).
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb