square up
square
skwɛr
skver
up
ƌp
ap
/skwˈeəɹ ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "square up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to square up
[phrase form: square]
01

āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to reach an agreement or manage a dispute, often by coming to terms or resolving differences
to square up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The nations involved in the conflict were urged to square up and negotiate a peaceful resolution.
āϏāĻ‚āϘāĻžāϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something square or even in shape
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before starting the construction project, the builders needed to square the foundation up to ensure stability.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to align the edges of a stack of paper, especially in the context of printing, to ensure uniformity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The printing press operator routinely checks and adjusts the machinery to ensure it squares up the paper accurately.
āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āϟāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāύāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āϜāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ“

to calm down, especially after a confrontation or tense situation
Idiom
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let 's square up and talk about this calmly.
āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻšāχ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ