settle

Related to settle: settle stomach

settle (something) (out of court)

to end a disagreement and reach an agreement without having to go through trial in a court of justice. The plaintiff and defendant decided to settle before the trial. Mary and Sue settled out of court before the trial.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See:
  • a score to settle
  • after the dust has settled
  • after the dust settles
  • after/when the dust settles
  • charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it
  • have a score to settle
  • let the dust settle
  • once the dust has settled
  • settle
  • settle (one's) affairs
  • settle (one's) hash
  • settle (one's) stomach
  • settle a score
  • settle a score (with someone)
  • settle a score with
  • settle a score/an account
  • settle accounts
  • settle accounts with someone
  • settle affairs
  • settle an account
  • settle an old score (with someone)
  • settle down
  • settle down to (something)
  • settle for
  • settle for (someone or something)
  • settle hash
  • settle in
  • settle in(to) (something or some place)
  • settle into
  • settle into (something)
  • settle old scores (with someone)
  • settle old scores, to
  • settle on
  • settle on (something)
  • settle out of court
  • settle someone’s hash
  • settle someone's hash
  • settle someone's hash, to
  • settle stomach
  • settle the score
  • settle the score (with someone)
  • settle up
  • settle up (with one)
  • settle up with
  • settle upon (something)
  • settle with (one)
  • the dust settles
  • wait for the dust to settle
  • when the dust has settled
  • when the dust settles
References in periodicals archive
'She's not going to settle down!' 'She doesn't want to get married?' 'She does at her own time, when she meets the right man, but never to settle down, she's already settled down!' Don't settle your child down, search for a partner, who will honour the partnership..!
"After settling the 10 percent, we have agreed with them that they will settle the remaining balance within 90 days," Mr Machiri said.Mrs Mukami Kimathi, the wife of the late Dedan Kimathi, witnessed the ceremony.
In Settle's video, she captured Salonga singing 'Reflection' while sitting down, as others around her crowded in awe.
They insisted that the company must settle the debt for the banks to meet up with their dividend obligations.
Settle, who worked as a special support assistant at Castlebrook High School in Unsworth, Bury, from 2010, created bogus Facebook accounts in the names of 'James' and 'Matthew' then sent a friend request to the victim.
Chris Taylor, prosecuting, said his first victim arrived home at 5.45pm on November 7, 2013, and could hear Settle shouting from the flat above.
The news capped a crazy-busy year for Settle, a director who, after years based in Brooklyn, pulled up stakes and moved with her nine-year-old son Logan to Philadelphia to head the University of the Arts's Ira Brind School of Theatre Arts.
When the America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted, many commentators praised a provision of the AIA that allows parties to settle a post-grant review, typically an inter partes review (IPR) or a covered business method review (CBM), by moving to terminate the proceeding.
However, they often settle most first-party lawsuits rather than litigate aggressively.
Ready mixed producers have attempted to use various filters, polymers and flocculents to settle out the cement fines to clear the water with mixed results.
US Light, sweet crude for December delivery rose to USD 1.22 to settle at USD 86.67 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Of course, the trend this year has not been for the price to settle in anywhere for very long.
Stated otherwise, claims professionals may believe that the insurer can "bring the hammer down" on insureds who withhold their consent to settle.