chiudere i conti

Italian

Etymology

Literally, to close the accounts.

Verb

chiùdere i conti (first-person singular present chiùdo i conti, first-person singular past historic chiùsi i conti, past participle chiùso i conti, auxiliary avére)

  1. (accounting) to balance the books
  2. (figurative, by extension) to settle one's account [+ con (someone) = with]
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