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
If the Justice Department decides to settle with Live Entertainment, a group of some 40 state attorney generals will probably persist in their own antitrust litigation.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 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
“Cluny the Scourge, I have come to settle with you!”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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