settle accounts with
idiom
: to bring a final end to an argument, disagreement, etc.
She's decided to settle accounts with her old political rivals.
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In dealing with Sri Lanka’s debt, for instance, the West is naturally reluctant to pay for Sri Lanka to settle accounts with China, the country’s largest creditor.
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Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2023
How will the trust settle accounts with the heirs of artists who have died?
—New York Times, 27 July 2021
Last month, the House narrowly passed a $1.9 billion supplemental appropriations package to pay for security improvements to the Capitol and settle accounts with the various agencies that responded to the riot.
—Karoun Demirjian, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2021
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Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2023
How will the trust settle accounts with the heirs of artists who have died?
—New York Times, 27 July 2021
Last month, the House narrowly passed a $1.9 billion supplemental appropriations package to pay for security improvements to the Capitol and settle accounts with the various agencies that responded to the riot.
—Karoun Demirjian, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2021
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“Settle accounts with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/settle%20accounts%20with. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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