square+accounts
101pay off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge, let go, drop from the payroll; see dismiss 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To exact revenge for or from: avenge, pay back, redress, repay, requite, vindicate. Informal: fix. Archaic: wreak. Idioms: even the …
102vindicate — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To clear] Syn. acquit, free, absolve; see absolve , excuse . 2. [To defend] Syn. plead for, second, support; see defend 3 . 3. [To justify] Syn. prove, bear out, warrant; see justify 2 . See Synonym Study at absolve . II… …
103wreak — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. inflict, cause, bring, vent, bring down on, unleash, execute. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to undergo or bear (something unwelcome or damaging, for example): . impose, inflict, play, visit. See GIVE,… …
104get even — repay in kind, get revenge, square accounts with …
105pay up — (Colloq.) Settle, pay arrears, settle an account, square accounts, quit scores, strike a balance, pay the bill, pay the piper, pay the fiddler …
106settle — I. n. Bench, seat, stool. II. v. a. 1. Fix, establish. 2. Decide, determine, make clear, free from doubt, confirm. 3. Adjust, regulate, arrange, compose. 4. Colonize, people. 5. Liquidate, pay, discharge, close up, balance, adjust. 6 …
107medicine — n 1. medication, medicament, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription drug, officinal, prescription, preparation; over the counter drug or medicine, nonprescription medication, proprietory medicine; miracle or wonder drug, antitoxin, vaccine;… …
108reckon — v 1. calculate, compute, tally, score, figure, give a figure to, put a figure on, quantify; add up, tally up, sum up, total up, figure up. 2. count, enumerate, numerate, number; tell, count off, list, name. 3. consider, regard, esteem, deem, hold …
109repay — v 1. pay back, reimburse, requite, make requital, compensate, make restitution, make amends, indemnify, make it up to; refund, return, recompense, render, square accounts with, Inf. wipe the slate clean, Inf. get back on the board, Inf. get even… …
110strafe — v 1. bombard, bomb, Brit. Sl. prang, shell, torpedo, Mil. barrage, fusillade, blitz, blitzkrieg; shoot, fire on, open fire on, pepper, cannonade. 2.Slang.a. punish, penalize, retaliate, settle or square accounts with, discipline.b. reprimand,… …
