evening up
Settling the score
Evening up is making things equal or balanced.
You might even up a score, a debt, or an uneven distribution: Let me pay for dinner—it'll even up what I owe you from last time.
In trading and gambling, evening up means closing out positions or settling accounts before a deadline: Traders spent the afternoon evening up ahead of the holiday.
- equalizingMaking uniform or level
- tieEqual score, or neckwear
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- comebackRecovery after decline
- levelingMaking flat or equal
equilibrium · offsetting · draw · balancing the books · rebalancing · reconciliation · symmetry · settling the score · restitution · rectification · rematch · alignment · parity · redress · fairness · fair shake · proportionality · quid pro quo
evening upunbalancing
Disrupting stability or equilibrium
tilting · skewing · imbalancing · weighting · biasing
evening uppulling ahead
Gaining a lead
dominating · running up the score · breaking away · blowing out · crushing
evening uproughening
Making less smooth
scarring · roughing up · gouging · pitting · corrugating
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