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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The prank on Lieutenant Connor verges on the cruel, which doesn’t square with Wagner’s character at all.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Dismissing affordability as a scam is impossible to square with official economic statistics, independent research, alternative measures and pubic polling.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Investigators and hospital staff found that the victim’s condition didn’t square with Goodman’s stories, according to the complaint.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 22 Nov. 2025
These recommendations from the CDC and medical professional organizations are difficult to square with the FDA labeling changes for COVID-19 vaccines.
—Elizabeth Lanphier, The Conversation, 21 Nov. 2025
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Dismissing affordability as a scam is impossible to square with official economic statistics, independent research, alternative measures and pubic polling.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Investigators and hospital staff found that the victim’s condition didn’t square with Goodman’s stories, according to the complaint.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 22 Nov. 2025
These recommendations from the CDC and medical professional organizations are difficult to square with the FDA labeling changes for COVID-19 vaccines.
—Elizabeth Lanphier, The Conversation, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Square with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20with. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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