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even up en · VERB
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(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:
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(intransitive) To become even.
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To secure a profit to offset a previous loss.
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