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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We need the intellectual seriousness to treat this as an empirical question, not something we can settle with dogma.
My kids have to settle with it too.
From Los Angeles Times
Children who came to the UK under the age of 18 may settle with parents, but older dependants could face separate requirements.
From BBC
Euroclear, for its part, would only need to settle with Russia if Western sanctions on its assets are lifted.
Competition nudges Visa and Mastercard to settle with merchants.
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