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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Pay off old Scores (To). To pay off a debt, whether of money or revenge. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Retaliation | Verb: retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; give a quid pro quo; Noun: give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "PAY OFF OLD SCORES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | visszafizet kölcsönt (to pay off old scores, to wipe out old scores), visszaadja a kölcsönt (to pay off old scores, to wipe out old scores), leszámol régi sérelmekért (to pay off old scores, to wipe out old scores). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | aypay offay olday oresscay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-f-f-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-s-y" | |
-5 letters: clepsydras. | |
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