square away

square away
verb
put (things or places) in order (Freq. 1)
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Tidy up your room!

• Syn: ↑tidy, ↑tidy up, ↑clean up, ↑neaten, ↑straighten, ↑straighten out
• Hypernyms: ↑order
• Hyponyms: ↑make, ↑make up, ↑houseclean, ↑clean house, ↑clean
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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intransitive verb
1. : to square the yards so as to sail before the wind
2. : to put everything in order or in readiness : get ready

is squaring away to write the first words of the new chapter — Atlantic

3. : to take up a fighting stance

a professional fighter he was being compelled to square away against — Hamilton Basso

: to put in order or readiness : make ready

everything … is squared away, and satisfaction and contentment reign — W.W.Howells

helped him square away his field scarf and button his blouse — L.M.Uris

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square away
1. To set (sails) at right angles to the keel (nautical)
2. To make neat and tidy (N American)
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Main Entry: ↑square

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ˌsquare a ˈway [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they square away he/she/it squares away present participle squaring away past tense squared away past participle squared away] american phrasal verb
to do the things necessary to complete something

The project should be squared away in the spring.

Thesaurus: to finish somethingsynonym to kill a person or animalsynonym
Main entry: square

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square away [phrasal verb]
square (something) away or square away (something) US : to put (something) in an organized and proper state or condition
— often used as (be/get) squared away

I need to get my work squared away [=taken care of] before I leave for vacation.

I can finally relax since everything is squared away.

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Main Entry: ↑square

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • square away — {v. phr.} 1. To arrange the sails of a ship so that the wind blows from behind. * /The captain ordered the crew to square away and sail before the wind./ 2. {informal} To put right for use or action. Often used in the passive or participle. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • square away — {v. phr.} 1. To arrange the sails of a ship so that the wind blows from behind. * /The captain ordered the crew to square away and sail before the wind./ 2. {informal} To put right for use or action. Often used in the passive or participle. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • square\ away — v. phr. 1. To arrange the sails of a ship so that the wind blows from behind. The captain ordered the crew to square away and sail before the wind. 2. informal To put right for use or action. Often used in the passive or participle. The living… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • square away — PHRASAL VERB If you square something or someone away, you deal with them so that the situation is satisfactory. [AM] [V P n (not pron)] Negotiators have already squared away a lot of the agreements that will be signed at the Earth Summit. [Also V …   English dictionary

  • square away — verb Date: 1838 intransitive verb 1. to square the yards so as to sail before the wind 2. to put everything in order or in readiness 3. to take up a fighting stance transitive verb to put in order or in readiness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • square away — verb To finish, complete, tidy or put in order. I have almost squared away the last of the paperwork from that job …   Wiktionary

  • square away — put right for use or action Have you squared away your plans for your holidays yet? …   Idioms and examples

  • square away — set the sails into the wind, unfurl sails …   English contemporary dictionary

  • square — [skwer] n. [ME < OFr esquarre < VL * exquadra < * exquadrare, to make square < L ex, out + quadrare, to square < quadrus, a square < base of quattuor,FOUR] 1. a plane figure having four equal sides and four right angles: see… …   English World dictionary

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