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.

Examples of square with in a Sentence

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in particular, poured contempt on the notion that war plans were disclosed, but his assertion that no classified information was disclosed is very hard to square with the fact that ... —Nr Editors, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025

He was sentenced in 2015 to 3 1/2 years in prison, a punishment that whistleblower advocates and other supporters decried as impossible to square with Petraeus’ misdemeanor guilty plea just a month earlier. —Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025

The dishwasher-safe symbol is a square with a fork and glass, or a square with a glass and water droplet(s). —Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025

The president also has a long list of spending demands that could be difficult to square with the House’s conservative fiscal hawks, who view the national debt as an immediate threat to the nation’s stability. —Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2025