"settle a score" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "settles a score",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "settling a score",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "settled a score",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "settled a score",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "settle a score (third-person singular simple present settles a score, present participle settling a score, simple past and past participle settled a score)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Arsenal also have a score to settle with Liverpool after losing 2-0 at home in the recent FA Cup third-round tie, when they had so many chances to score before almost inevitably falling victim to two late sucker-punches.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To even the score."
      ],
      "id": "en-settle_a_score-en-verb-1u6jYzRS",
      "links": [
        [
          "even the score",
          "even the score"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To even the score."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "settle a score"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "settles a score",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "settling a score",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "settled a score",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "settled a score",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "settle a score (third-person singular simple present settles a score, present participle settling a score, simple past and past participle settled a score)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Arsenal also have a score to settle with Liverpool after losing 2-0 at home in the recent FA Cup third-round tie, when they had so many chances to score before almost inevitably falling victim to two late sucker-punches.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To even the score."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "even the score",
          "even the score"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To even the score."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "settle a score"
}