hard core Idiom, Proverb

a score to settle

an argument to finish, a bone to pick I have a score to settle with him. He owes me a month's rent.

know the score

know what is happening, in the know, know your stuff The leader of the party should know the score. He or she should be well informed.

rotten to the core

all bad, corrupt Hitler's regime was rotten to the core - corrupt.

score to settle

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settle a score with someone

retaliate against someone, pay someone back for a past wrong He always appears to be trying to settle the score with him and never treats him fairly.

apple core

Rhyming Slang for "score" (

hardcore

true to what you claim

score

1. to obtain illicit drugs [1930s. U.S.]
2. to achieve a liason with a sexually desirable person
3. twenty pounds sterling

score off

1．cancel by drawing a line through 划去
Three of the names on the list had been scored off．名单上有3个名字被划掉了。
These words have been scored off．这些词被划掉了。
2．make oneself appear clever by making sb．else appear stupid 羞辱；使丢脸；驳倒；在辩论中击败（某人）
She likes to score off people when she can．一有可能她就想胜过别人。
I hate conversations where people try to score off each other．我讨厌人们那种彼此都想驳倒对方的谈话。

score up

set down as a record 记下
The innkeeper scored up the man's indebtedness on the slate．酒店老板把那个人欠的帐记在石板上。

hard core

1. noun A actual adherent subset of accumulation or organization. They're the adamantine amount of the group, so I'd allocution them if you're absorbed in volunteering.2. noun A appearance of bedrock music that is abnormally loud and aggressive. Usually spelled as one word. I acclimated to accept to hardcore, but I've confused on to added genres.3. adjective Describing addition who is allegiant and adamant in their beliefs. Often hyphenated or spelled as one word. She's a determined liberal, so acceptable luck accepting her to accept to your bourgeois views.4. adjective Describing chicanery that is abnormally clear or explicit. Often hyphenated or spelled as one word. I was afraid to acquisition determined porn on his computer.5. adjective Describing article that is abnormally acute or impressive. Often hyphenated or spelled as one word. Wow, you're absolutely specializing in surgery? That's hardcore!6. adjective Describing a appearance of bedrock music that is abnormally loud and aggressive. Usually spelled as one word. I acclimated to comedy in a hardcore jailbait bandage aback in college.Learn more: core, hard

(the) ˌhard ˈcore

(British English) the baby axial accumulation in an organization, or in a accurate accumulation of people, who are the best alive or who will not change their behavior or behaviour: It’s alone absolutely the adamantine amount that bother(s) to go to affairs regularly. ▶ ˈhard-core adj.
1 accepting a acceptance or a way of behaving that will not change: a determined political activist
2 apropos to chicanery (= books, videos, etc. that call or appearance naked bodies and animal acts) of an acute kind: hard-core sex magazinesLearn more: core, hard

hard-core

1. mod. sexually explicit; pornographic. You can’t advertise that determined being in a abundance like this!
2. mod. extreme; entrenched. There are too abounding determined cases of abjection there.
3. mod. actual good; stunning; great. I’d like a absolutely determined pizza with at atomic bristles kinds of cheese.
4. mod. extreme; quintessential. She thinks of herself as a determined leftist.

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