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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As reported in April, these goals are difficult to square with F1′s decision to increase the number of races in its calendar.
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Chris Hawes, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
The spokesperson declined to answer other questions about the company’s Mexican contractors, including how much they’ve been paid, how many have been used over time and how their hiring squares with Trump’s promises to punish firms that send jobs outside of the U.S.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
The theory sounds insane on its face, but it is very clearly demonstrated with a chart like this, where the light grey/white squares with the most drops have the closest perk distance, and the black squares, with barely any drops at all, are the three distance perk pairs.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Douthat Rebel Ridge’s action-movie vigilantism can’t quite square with its moral vision.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024
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Chris Hawes, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
The spokesperson declined to answer other questions about the company’s Mexican contractors, including how much they’ve been paid, how many have been used over time and how their hiring squares with Trump’s promises to punish firms that send jobs outside of the U.S.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2024
The theory sounds insane on its face, but it is very clearly demonstrated with a chart like this, where the light grey/white squares with the most drops have the closest perk distance, and the black squares, with barely any drops at all, are the three distance perk pairs.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Douthat Rebel Ridge’s action-movie vigilantism can’t quite square with its moral vision.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Square with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20with. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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