单词 | square up |
释义 | square upSEE SYNONYMS FOR square up ON THESAURUS.COM 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 upsquaretail, 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 upsquare 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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