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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Company executives often frame the technology not just as a moral good, but a moral imperative—a way for humans, who have driven so many species to the brink of extinction, to get square with nature.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
However, be on the lookout on April 20 and 21, as the sun will square with Mars and Pluto in your sign, evoking intensity and power struggles in your one-on-one connections.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The former prosecutor who spoke on background said the memo’s message about honest prosecutors not needing to worry was hard to square with the recent firings of dozens of investigators who probed the insurrection.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Case in point: incomplete differentiation is hard to square with the meteorite samples originating from Vesta that researchers have collected.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
However, be on the lookout on April 20 and 21, as the sun will square with Mars and Pluto in your sign, evoking intensity and power struggles in your one-on-one connections.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
The former prosecutor who spoke on background said the memo’s message about honest prosecutors not needing to worry was hard to square with the recent firings of dozens of investigators who probed the insurrection.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Case in point: incomplete differentiation is hard to square with the meteorite samples originating from Vesta that researchers have collected.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Square with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20with. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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