WIPE OUT AN OLD SCORE

Meaning of WIPE OUT AN OLD SCORE in English

To hurt (someone) in return for a wrong or loss. * /John settled an old score with Bob by beating him./ Compare: GET BACK AT, GET EVEN.

See: SETTLE A SCORE.

Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

WIPE OUT AN OLD SCORE — To hurt (someone) in return for a wrong or loss. * /John settled an old score with Bob by beating …
Slang English vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
WIPE — I. ˈwīp verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian; akin to Old High German wīfan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCORE — I. ˈskō(ə)r, ˈskȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) noun ( -s ; see sense 1a ) Etymology: Middle English scor, from Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIPE — /wuyp/ , v. , wiped, wiping , n. v.t. 1. to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCORE — — scoreless , adj. — scorer , n. /skawr, skohr/ , n. , pl. scores, score for 11, v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIPE — I. ˈwīp verb ( wiped ; wip·ing ) Etymology: Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCORE — I. ˈskȯr noun ( plural scores ) Etymology: Middle English scor, from Old Norse skor notch, tally, twenty; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIPE — noun stain; brand. 2. wipe ·noun a blow; a stroke; a hit; a swipe. 3. wipe ·noun a gibe; a …
Webster English vocab
SCORE — noun a weight of twenty pounds. 2. score ·vt to engrave, as upon a shield. 3. score ·noun a line …
Webster English vocab
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
WIPE — [wipe] vb wiped ; wip.ing [ME wipen, fr. OE wipian; akin to OHG wifan to wind around, L vibrare to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCORE — notation, in manuscript or printed form, of a musical work, probably so called from the vertical scoring lines that connect …
Britannica English vocabulary
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WIPE — / waɪp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. wipe sth (on / with sth) to rub sth against …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIPE — I. wipe 1 S3 /waɪp/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wipian ] 1 . CLEAN/RUB [transitive] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIPE — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 clean or dry the surface of by rubbing with the hands or a cloth etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCORE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the number of points, goals, runs, etc., made by a player, side, etc., in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIPE — v. & n. v.tr. 1 clean or dry the surface of by rubbing with the hands or a cloth etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCORE — n. & v. n. 1 a the number of points, goals, runs, etc., made by a player, side, etc., in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIPE — v. & n. --v.tr. 1. clean or dry the surface of by rubbing with the hands or a cloth etc. …
Oxford English vocab
SCORE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the number of points, goals, runs, etc., made by a player, side, etc., in …
Oxford English vocab
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIPE — ( wipes, wiping, wiped) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCORE — ( scores, scoring, scored) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In meaning …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIPE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES mop/wipe your brow (= dry your brow with your hand or a cloth because …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCORE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a test result/score ▪ The test results are out on Friday. cut-off date/point/score etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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