even the score
Definition of even the score
1 : to get enough points, goals, runs, etc., to have the same score as one's opponent : to tie the score in a game They evened the score at 5–5.
2 : to harm or punish someone who caused one harm
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: evening
: having a horizontal surface : flat
: being without break, indentation, or irregularity : smooth
: being in the same plane or line
: exactly, precisely
: to a degree that extends : fully, quite
: at the very time
: to make even
: to become even
: twenty
: an indefinitely large number
: a line (such as a scratch or incision) made with or as if with a sharp instrument
: to keep a record or account of by or as if by notches on a tally : record
: to enter in a record
: to mark with significant lines or notches (as in keeping account)
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