evened up
Squared the score
Evened up means made equal or balanced.
If teams are evened up, their scores or advantages have been equalized.
In settling debts or obligations, to get evened up is to square accounts: We evened up after he bought the next round.
The phrase often implies restoring fairness or parity after an imbalance.
- tiedFastened by knotting
- all squareScores are level
- matchedPaired by similarity
- neck and neckExactly even in competition
- leveledMade flat or equal
level playing field · aligned · on equal footing · equitable · adjusted · split the difference · drawn · equalized · settled the score · settled · rectified · smoothed · balanced · fair · calibrated · flattened · reconciled · made whole