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.
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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.
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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
The film revisits the same themes of Rocky’s fraught relationship with Apollo, as Adonis reunites, then goes glove-to-glove, with Dame Anderson (Jonathan Majors), an old friend with a score to settle.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2022
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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
The film revisits the same themes of Rocky’s fraught relationship with Apollo, as Adonis reunites, then goes glove-to-glove, with Dame Anderson (Jonathan Majors), an old friend with a score to settle.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2022
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