settle with
Britishverb
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(intr) to pay a debt or bill to
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(intr) to make an agreement with
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to get one's revenge for (a wrong or injury) with (a person)
Example Sentences
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Late last year he agreed to settle with former Twitter executives and thousands of former employees of the social platform, which he has renamed X, after fighting for years to pay them nothing.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
First up was Timon Haugan, but the Norwegian had to settle with second behind Kristoffersen.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
They’re waiting for a deal to settle, with an expected final share price “in the low to mid $30s,” Einhorn wrote.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
Houser is suing insurers that didn’t settle with the Boy Scouts during its bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
‘That rogue with the turkey leg in his mouth,’ Antinous continued, ‘that’s Hasdrubal of Carthage. He has a grudge to settle with Rome.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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