square with
phrasal verb
squared with; squaring with; squares with
1
: to agree with (something)
Your story doesn't square with the facts.
2
: to make (something) agree with (something)
How can they square what they've done with what they've said?
3
: to get agreement about or approval of (something) from (someone)
I'll go on the trip if I can square it with my parents.
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Tap the share icon (square with an arrow pointing up).
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
But the record doesn’t square with the campaign rhetoric.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
And how does that square with the violence of organized religion?
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Advocates now have to ask courts to overturn laws to square with the new amendment.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024
But the record doesn’t square with the campaign rhetoric.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
And how does that square with the violence of organized religion?
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Advocates now have to ask courts to overturn laws to square with the new amendment.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Square with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20with. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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