• to pay off, to pay off a grudge, to wreak
• have the scalp of sy, to avenge oneself on sy, to be even with sy, to be revenged on sy, to get even with sy, to revenge oneself on sy, to take a vengeance on sy, to take it out of sy, to take it out on sy
• to vow vengeance against sy
• to brood over scheemes of vengeance