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• square off (against somebody) — ˌsquare ˈoff (against sb) derived (NAmE) to fight or prepare to fight sb • The two candidates will square off on this issue in a debate tomorrow. Main entry: ↑squarederived …   Useful english dictionary

• square something with somebody — ˈsquare sth with sb derived to ask permission or check with sb that they approve of what you want to do • I think I ll be able to come, but I ll square it with my parents first. Main entry: ↑squarederived …   Useful english dictionary

• square up with somebody — ˌsquare ˈup (with sb) derived to pay money that you owe • Can I leave you to square up with the waiter? Main entry: ↑squarederived …   Useful english dictionary

• square up — verb 1. make square (Freq. 2) Square the circle square the wood with a file • Syn: ↑square • Derivationally related forms: ↑square (for: ↑sq …   Useful english dictionary

• square — ▪ I. square square 1 [skweə ǁ skwer] adjective 1. square metre/​mile etc PROPERTY an area of measurement equal to a square with sides a metre long, a mile long etc: • The new site will provide 10 million square feet of office space. 2. 5 feet/​2… …   Financial and business terms

• square peg in a round hole — If somebody s in a situation, organisation, etc, where they don t fit in and feel out of place, they are a square peg in a round hole …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• square away — verb put (things or places) in order (Freq. 1) Tidy up your room! • Syn: ↑tidy, ↑tidy up, ↑clean up, ↑neaten, ↑straighten, ↑straighten out • …   Useful english dictionary

• square off — verb settle conclusively; come to terms We finally settled the argument • Syn: ↑settle, ↑square up, ↑determine • Derivationally related forms: ↑determiner (for: ↑determine) …   Useful english dictionary

• square peg in a round hole —    If somebody s in a situation, organisation, etc, where they don t fit in and feel out of place, they are a square peg in a round hole.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To say that a person is a square peg in a round hole means that they …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• square dance — I noun American country dancing in which couples form squares • Syn: ↑square dancing • Hypernyms: ↑country dance, ↑country dancing, ↑contredanse, ↑contra danse, ↑contradance …   Useful english dictionary