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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First up was Timon Haugan, but the Norwegian had to settle with second behind Kristoffersen.
From Barron's
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
They’re waiting for a deal to settle, with an expected final share price “in the low to mid $30s,” Einhorn wrote.
From MarketWatch
In each of these cases, it will be up to the agencies, which he oversees, whether to settle — with him.
From Salon
Houser is suing insurers that didn’t settle with the Boy Scouts during its bankruptcy.
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