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even up en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make even; to make level.
    • I told him, smiling, that I would get even with him for his mistake, and he laughed heartily, and asked me to call once in a while. I did so, hoping for a chance to even up accounts, but he gave me none, and I told him I would wait. 1895, Robert W. Chambers, The Repairer of Reputations:
  2. (intransitive) To become even.
  3. To secure a profit to offset a previous loss.

Forms

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evens up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
evening up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
evened up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
evened up Tense=Past lexicographic