settle up with

settle up (with one)

To pay the balance of what is owed to someone. You get our jackets while I go settle up with the bartender. Brian and I need to settle up for those plane tickets soon—I hate having debt hanging over me.

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settle up with someone

to pay someone what one owes; to pay one one's share of something. I must settle up with Jim for the bike I bought for him. Bob paid the whole restaurant bill and we all settled up with him later.

See also: settle, up

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