call it even
Declare debts settled
To call it even is to agree that neither party owes the other anything further—debts, favors, or grievances are balanced and settled.
Often used when one person has repaid an informal obligation or when both parties decide to drop competing claims: You bought lunch last time, so if I get this one, we'll call it even.
The phrase suggests mutual release rather than precise accounting.
- quitsVoluntarily stops or departs
- compensateMake up for
- bury the hatchetEnd hostilities formally
- squareRhombus with right angles
- all squareScores are level
reconcile · tit for tat · settle · fair and square · clear · acknowledge · quid pro quo · make amends · make it right · let bygones be bygones · forgiveness · peace offering · fairness · offset · adjust · debt-free · resolve · mutuality