Meaning of quit scores | Babel Free

Definitions

To settle or balance accounts or differences; to make compensation.

archaic, idiomatic

Examples

“Does not the earth quit⟳ scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue⟳ from it?”

“28th Sept. 1648, Oliver Cromwell, letter And such, I hope⟳, these will approve⟳ themselves to be. Let⟳ them therefore, if I be thought worthy of any favour, leave⟳ your Country with your good wishes and a blessing. I am confident they will be well bestowed. And I believe⟳ before it be long, you will be in their debt; and then it will not be hard to quit⟳ scores.”

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