square with

square something with someone

to make certain that something is approved by a particular person. I am sure I can square this matter with Sally. Sam intended to square everything with Henry when he had time.

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square with someone

1. Lit. to settle a disagreement with someone. I will try to square with Fred before the end of the school year. Max refused to square with Lefty and they are still feuding.

2. Fig. to apologize to someone. I will try to square with Harold. I really am sorry, you know. Finally, Mary squared with Alice and they forgave each other.

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square with something

Fig. [for a statement] to agree, match, or correspond to something. Your answer doesn't square with mine. The figures I have don't square with those the government has.

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square with something

to agree with something Tom's explanation does not square with his earlier statement. Her view fails to square with historical reality.

Usage notes: usually used in the negative

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A green court plain, with a wall about it; a second court of the same, but more garnished, with little turrets, or rather embellishments, upon the wall; and a third court, to make a square with the front, but not to be built, nor yet enclosed with a naked wall, but enclosed with terraces, leaded aloft, and fairly garnished, on the three sides; and cloistered on the inside, with pillars, and not with arches below. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context	spruce spruce up spur spur on spurt out sputter out spy on squabble squabble about squabble over squabble with squander squander away squander on square square accounts square away square deal square off square peg in a round hole square shoulders square the circle square up square up to square up with square with squared away squash squash down squash in squash into squash up squash up against squat squawk about squeak squeak by squeak through squeaking wheel gets the oil squeaky squeaky clean squeal squeal like a stuck pig squeal with squeeze squeeze by squeeze from squeeze into squeeze out squeeze out of squeeze through	Square Stemmed St. John's Wort Square stern square tape Square the circle Square the circle square thread square tin Square to Round square toes square up square up square up square up square up to square up with Square wave Square wave Square wave Square wave Square Wave Alternating Current square wave jerk square wave jerk square wave jerk rate Square Wave Voltammetry Square waves Square waves Square waves Square wheel Square wheels Square Window square with square yard square yard square yard Square yards Square yards Square yd Square yd Square yds Square yds square, magic square, magic Square, Mr. Square-And-Integrate square-bashing square-built square-dance square-dance square-dance music square-danced square-danced square-dances square-dances square-edge door square-edged lumber square-edged orifice square-eyed square-faced square-foot unit of absorption square-framed square-head bolt

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A green court plain, with a wall about it; a second court of the same, but more garnished, with little turrets, or rather embellishments, upon the wall; and a third court, to make a square with the front, but not to be built, nor yet enclosed with a naked wall, but enclosed with terraces, leaded aloft, and fairly garnished, on the three sides; and cloistered on the inside, with pillars, and not with arches below.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

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square-edge door
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