| 单词 | square off |
| 释义 | square off1. phrasal verb If you square something off, you alter it so that it has the shape of a square. Peel a thick-skinned orange and square off the ends with a sharp knife. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...white modern buildings that look like squared-off wedding cakes. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun]2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for squareIf one group or person squares off against or with another, they prepare to fight them. [mainly US] In Florida, farmers are squaring off against cities for rights to groundwater. [V P against] French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint. [V P with] The two teams square off for the first game of the series. [plural-noun VERB PARTICLE] square off in British Englishverb (intr, adverb) to assume a posture of offence or defence, as in boxing square off in American English US to assume a posture of attack or self-defense, as in boxing Examples of 'square off' in a sentence |
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