"settle up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: settles up [present, singular, third-person], settling up [participle, present], settled up [participle, past], settled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} settle up (third-person singular simple present settles up, present participle settling up, simple past and past participle settled up)
  1. to pay what one owes (a debt, a bill etc.)

Inflected forms

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