even the score
idiom
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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With two on and two out in the fifth, Alonso hit a double to the gap to score Francisco Lindor and even the score at 4-4.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Bragg homered to right field off Canady in UCLA’s half of the inning to even the score.
—Tim Willert, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Sam Carrick and Vincent Trocheck scored 86 seconds apart to even the score.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025
With Tampa Bay trailing 3-2 in the second period, Guentzel whipped a wrist shot past Bobrovsky to even the score.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Bragg homered to right field off Canady in UCLA’s half of the inning to even the score.
—Tim Willert, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
Sam Carrick and Vincent Trocheck scored 86 seconds apart to even the score.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025
With Tampa Bay trailing 3-2 in the second period, Guentzel whipped a wrist shot past Bobrovsky to even the score.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for even the score
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“Even the score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/even%20the%20score. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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