Usually means: Equalize advantages in a competition.
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  1. even the score: Merriam-Webster
  2. even the score: Wiktionary

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  1. even the score: Legal dictionary

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  1. even the score: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (even the score)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To seek or obtain revenge against someone.

Similar:
get even, get one's own back, pay off old scores, pay back in someone's own coin, pay home, get one over on, bite back, score points, score, get one up on, more...

Opposite:
retaliate, avenge, seek revenge, repay, retribution

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Similar:
get even, get one's own back, pay off old scores, pay back in someone's own coin, pay home, get one over on, bite back, score points, score, get one up on, more...

Opposite:
retaliate, avenge, seek revenge, repay, retribution



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