settle up

Idioms  

1. Also, settle with someone. Pay a debt or one's share of the cost, as in When can you settle up for the tickets I bought for us? or Jean said she'd settle with the bank next month.

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settle up

But for some, when it came time to settle up, Nelson Holdo was full of excuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

A big gain in financial stocks helped the Dow Jones Industrial Average settle up 0.7%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also finished higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

"I can settle up my affairs. I can turn the heating up full blast, and that will be wonderful," 92-year-old Betty Brown told the BBC.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

Banks settle up by the end of the day.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

I headed out to settle up on the room, using hand signals to assure Faith she didn’t owe a thing.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

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