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SQUARE UP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make square

Example:

square the wood with a file

Synonyms:

square; square up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Settle conclusively; come to terms

Example:

We finally settled the argument

Synonyms:

determine; settle; square off; square up

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

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

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

clear; solve (settle, as of a debt)

concert (settle by agreement)

clinch (settle conclusively)

compromise (settle by concession)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing

Synonyms:

even up; jog; square up

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

square (position so as to be square)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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