take revenge
Settle the score
To take revenge is to retaliate against someone who has wronged you, inflicting harm or punishment in return: She took revenge on her ex by posting their private messages.
The phrase emphasizes deliberate, calculated payback rather than spontaneous anger.
You take revenge on a person or for a grievance: He took revenge for years of humiliation.
- reprisalPunitive action in return
- get evenExact reciprocal harm
- even the scoreBalance a rivalry
- score to settleGrievance requiring revenge
- get back atRetaliate against someone
settle a score · get one's own back · feud · payback · taste of their own medicine · vendetta · nemesis · strike back · retaliate · hit back · punish · honor killing · retribution · repay · tribal law · catharsis · closure · counterattack
take revengeforgive
Cease to blame
pardon · let go · absolve · show mercy · turn the other cheek
take revengereconcile
Resolve a disagreement
bury the hatchet · make peace · make amends · mend fences · embrace
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