āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
square up
/skwËeÉÉš ËĘp/
to square up
[phrase form: square]
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āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāύā§
to reach an agreement or manage a dispute, often by coming to terms or resolving differences
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The nations involved in the conflict were urged to square up and negotiate a peaceful resolution.
āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāϰā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something square or even in shape
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before starting the construction project, the builders needed to square the foundation up to ensure stability.
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§, āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϞāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϰā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāϰā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to align the edges of a stack of paper, especially in the context of printing, to ensure uniformity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The printing press operator routinely checks and adjusts the machinery to ensure it squares up the paper accurately.
āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰā§āϏ āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏāĻŽāύā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻšāĻ, āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ
to calm down, especially after a confrontation or tense situation
Idiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let 's square up and talk about this calmly.
āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻšāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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