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单词 square up
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square up

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verb (adverb)

to pay or settle (bills, debts, etc)
informal to arrange or be arranged satisfactorily
(intr foll by to) to prepare to be confronted (with), esp courageously
(tr foll by to) to adopt a position of readiness to fight (an opponent)
(tr) to transfer (a drawing) by aid of a network of squares
Scot to tidy up

Words nearby square up

squaretail, square the circle, square tin, squaretoed, square-toes, square up, square wave, square with, square yard, squarish, s quark
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with square up

square up

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]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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