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    SQUARE OFF

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Settle conclusively; come to termsplay

    Example:

    We finally settled the argument

    Synonyms:

    determine; settle; square off; square up

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "square off" is one way to...):

    conclude; resolve (reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "square off"):

    clear; solve (settle, as of a debt)

    concert (settle by agreement)

    clinch (settle conclusively)

    compromise (settle by concession)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

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