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Square up   /skwɛr əp/   Listen
Square up

verb
1.
Make square.  Synonym: square.  "Square the wood with a file"
2.
Even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing.  Synonyms: even up, jog.
3.
Settle conclusively; come to terms.  Synonyms: determine, settle, square off.






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"Square up" Quotes from Famous Books



... you don't want to believe it, Sally," said Slogan, without any intention of abetting his wife. "I don't want to take sides in yore disputes, but Westerfelt certainly is settin' square up to Ab's daughter. I seed 'em takin' a ride in his new hug-me-tight buggy yesterday. She's been off to Cartersville, you know, an' has come back with dead loads o' finery. They say she's l'arned to play 'Dixie' on a pyanner an' reads a new novel every week. ...
— Westerfelt • Will N. Harben

... Mr. Jones, than your plan of prompt action, and I'm the luckiest man in the world in having such a long- headed, fore-handed neighbor to start with. I know you'll make a good bargain for the other team, and before I sleep to-night I wish to square up for everything. I mean at least to begin business in this way ...
— Driven Back to Eden • E. P. Roe

... gaily, lighting the Square up in fairy-like brilliancy of colours. Signs were to be seen in plenty; they burst from the tall roofs of houses, in coloured electric lights, which worked out advertisements for Foods, Patent Medicines, brands of Cigarettes, ...
— The Tale of Lal - A Fantasy • Raymond Paton

... mean practically? It means hearing about Him first, then actually appealing to Him, accepting His word as personal to one's self, putting Him to the test in life, trusting His death to square up one's sin score, trusting His power to clean the heart and sweeten the spirit, and stiffen the will. It means holding the whole life up to His ideals. Aye, it means more yet; something on His side, an ...
— Quiet Talks on Service • S. D. Gordon



Words linked to "Square up" :   square, settle, resolve, form, concert, clinch, determine, conclude, shape, clear, compromise, solve



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