| 词组 | square |
| 释义 | square [squared, squared, squaring] square away square sth away usually passive AmE to finish or make something ready, especially by adding final details: ▪ Peter needs another day to get things squared away at home. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑finish off especially BrE square off square off AmE to fight or play against someone in a sport: ▪ Arizona and Stanford square off in the Rose Bowl on Sunday. + against ▪ A few hundred youths squared off against police at the Alma bridge. square up 1. square up informal to pay someone money that you owe them, especially after discussing together how much you owe: ▪ I'll pay for the drinks now and we can square up later. + with ▪ Sandy had better square up with the credit card company soon. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑settle up 2. square up BrE to prepare to fight or compete with someone: ▪ Watch Channel Five tonight as Mike Tyson squares up to Evander Holyfield. ▪ Sixty schools are squaring up to compete in the Northern Echo Schools Cricket Championships. square up to square up to sb/sth BrE informal to deal with a difficult situation or person in a determined way: ▪ Kathleen finally squared up to her brother and refused to lend him any more money. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑face up to square with 1. square with if something such as an action, statement, or idea squares with something else, it seems right or similar when compared with it: ▪ Denise's behaviour squares with her beliefs about animal rights. ▪ His story didn't square with the witnesses' testimonies. square sth with sth if you square two actions, statements, ideas etc with each other, you show that they are right or similar when compared with each other: ▪ How can you square such violent actions with your religious beliefs? 2. square sth with sb to get someone to allow or agree to something: ▪ I'll take the day off if I can square it with my boss. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑clear |
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