score to settle

idiom

: something bad that was done to someone that the harmed person keeps in mind in order to do something bad in return

He says he has a few (old) scores to settle.

Examples of score to settle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After falling on the road to San Diego last month, the Comets will kick off Red Friday with a score to settle. —Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025

Marvin’s snake of a drug lord brother, Knuckles (Daniel Wu), has a score to settle: His outfit’s legal eagle, Rose (Ariana DeBose), has stolen from him, though the money belongs to Russian overlords who make an 11th-hour appearance. —Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025

New York Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson had a score to settle with Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban on Thursday. —Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2024

While Mia certainly seems to have a score to settle with Karen after their friendship fell apart last season, this is not a productive way to get a jab in. —Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024

The Indianapolis Colts start the 2024 NFL season with a score to settle with longtime rival Houston Texans and a lot to prove to the rest of the league. —Justin L. MacK, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024

That leads her to a shady tech company with plenty of skeletons in the closet, a pinky-less yakuza leader with a score to settle, and plenty more encounters with her burgeoning nemeses — the robots. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 July 2024

But Tadej Pogačar, a Slovenian wunderkind riding for UAE Team Emirates, has a score to settle. —Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 28 June 2024

The Blazers have a score to settle from two years ago when Southern Miss took a 37-2 win in Dylan Hopkins’ first career start. —Evan Dudley, al, 14 Oct. 2021

Rhymes for score to settle

• diacetyl
• betel
• cetyl
• kettle
• metal
• mettle
• nettle
• petal
• setal
• gunmetal
• nonmetal
• resettle