square (sth) with sth
— phrasal verb with square uk/skweər/us/skwer/verb
to match or agree with something, or to think that one thing is acceptable together with another thing:
Her story doesn't quite square with the evidence.
I don't think I could spend that much money on a jacket - I couldn't square it with my conscience (= I would feel too guilty).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- equilibrium
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- off balance
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- strike a balance idiom
- symmetry
- wash
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