even the score

even the score
even the score phrase
to punish someone by causing them as much trouble or harm as they have caused you
Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat yousynonym
Main entry: even

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even the score
1 : to get enough points, goals, runs, etc., to have the same score as your opponent : to tie the score in a game

They evened the score at 5‒5.

We evened the score in the second quarter.

2 : to harm or punish someone who has harmed you

She felt they had mistreated her, and she was determined to even the score.

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Main Entry:score

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ˌeven the ˈscore idiom
to harm or punish sb who has harmed or cheated you in the past
Main entry:evenidiom

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