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 [with con ‘with someone’]