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Phrase(s): square something up to cause something to have right angles. • Please square the door frames up better before you nail them in. • Can you square up this box a little better?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): square up (for fighting) to get ready for an argument or a fight. • John was angry and appeared to be squaring up for a fight. • When those two square up, everyone gets out of the way.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Settle a bill or debt, as in The others went to get the car while he squared up with the waiter. This idiom derives from square in the sense of "set straight." [Early 1800s]
American Heritage Idioms