settling accounts
Squaring financial obligations
Settling accounts is resolving financial obligations—paying what's owed or balancing the books: We spent the morning settling accounts with our suppliers.
The phrase extends to any final reckoning, especially exacting revenge or addressing old grievances: After years of rivalry, he was finally settling accounts with his brother.
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
- getting evenReciprocating a wrong
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
- day of reckoningTime of final judgment
- debtMoney owed another
balance · balancing the books · ledger · revenge · square · closure · invoice · dues · repayment · blood money · final payment · vengeance · clearing · score · tally · reconciliation · come to terms · retribution
- revengeretaliation, payback, vengeance, vendetta, blood feud
- Judgment Dayjudgment day, final judgment, day of reckoning, doomsday, second coming
settling accountsdefaulting
Failing to repay debt
borrowing · living beyond means · non-payment · living beyond one's means
settling accountsturning a blind eye
Intentionally disregarding something obvious
sweeping under the rug · walking away · forgiving and forgetting · burying the hatchet · unfinished business
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