square off
verb
squared off; squaring off; squares off
: to take a fighting stance : prepare to fight
also
: fight
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Jupiter squaring off with the nodes creates tension between the seen and unseen.
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Usa Today, USA Today, 18 May 2025
With the season's second major championship on tap this week, DeChambeau was asked his thoughts on squaring off with McIlroy once again.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
In 1985, posters promoting a show of collaborative paintings by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat featured the artists posing in boxing gear, as if squaring off instead of teaming up.
—Tim F. Schneider, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Consider the crypto firm Ripple, which spent four years squaring off against Biden’s regulators in federal courtrooms and donated $4.9 million to Trump’s inauguration fund.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
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Usa Today, USA Today, 18 May 2025
With the season's second major championship on tap this week, DeChambeau was asked his thoughts on squaring off with McIlroy once again.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
In 1985, posters promoting a show of collaborative paintings by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat featured the artists posing in boxing gear, as if squaring off instead of teaming up.
—Tim F. Schneider, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Consider the crypto firm Ripple, which spent four years squaring off against Biden’s regulators in federal courtrooms and donated $4.9 million to Trump’s inauguration fund.
—Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
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“Square off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20off. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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