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square up


phrasal verb with squareverbuk /skweər/ us /skwer/

(FIGHT OR ARGUE)


to turn so that you are facing someone directly, in order to prepare to fight them:
square up toThe players squared up to each other and started shouting.
In the meadow beside the lane, two hares were squaring up.
to prepare to compete, argue, or fight with someone: 摆好架势(准备迎战)
The two teams will be squaring up to each other in the final next week.
The candidates are preparing to square up on Friday in the first presidential debate.
Germany's biggest carmaker is squaring up for fierce wage negotiations with its employees.
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Fighting
armed combat
arms
array
bellicosity
blood diamond
bloodlessly
conflict
dogfight
engage
firefight
pick on someone your own sizeidiom
rabbit punch
refight
remobilization
remobilize
scuffle
see action
tilt at windmillsidiom
toe
tussle

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Arguing & disagreeing

(SPORT)


in some sports, to bring the body into a position where it is directly facing an opponent or the ball, goal, etc.:
You missed the shot because you didn't square up before you let go.
She squared up and kicked the extra points that won the game.
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alley-oop
b-ball
backcourt
backfield
dime
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foul
game ball
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granny shot
half-court
half-court press
jumper
quintet
rebound
rebounder
rebounding
reverse dribble
turnover

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Straight, even and level

(PAY)


informal
to pay someone the money that you owe them: 结账;付清欠款
square up withIf you pay for both tickets now, I'll square up with you later.你现在把两张票的钱都付了,我过会儿再跟你把钱结清。
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2FA
2SV
ante up (something)
burn a hole in someone's pocketidiom
buying power
cost-cutting
fund
non-contributory
overpaid
put someone through something
put something on your/someone's card
put something towards something
reimburse
run to something
self-finance
spend
spent
splurge
sponsor
tipper

square something up


phrasal verb with squareverbuk /skweər/ us /skwer/
to arrange something so that it is square or rectangular, or in a straight line:
They learned how to stack straw bales, squaring up the corners.
The planks on one wall are not straight, squared up along the bottom edge but about a half inch off at the top.
Square up the fabrics to make the edges parallel to each other.
He used his foot to square up the doormat that the dogs had sent skidding across the wooden floor.
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Patterns and shapes
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arabesque
argyle
asymmetrically
asymmetry
fishhook
flecked
formless
formlessly
fretted
saltire
scalloped
scissor
semilunaris
shapeable
wavery
wavily
weave
willow pattern
zigzag

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Classifying and creating order

square up | Business English


square up


phrasal verb with squareverbuk /skweər/us
if two things that should be the same do not square up, they seem different or show different results:
The accounts don't seem to square up.
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