chiudere i conti
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to close the accounts”.
Verb edit
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)
- (accounting) to balance the books
- (figurative, by extension) to settle one's account [+ con (someone) = with]