square up
phrasal verb
squared up; squaring up; squares up
: to turn so that one is facing something or someone directly
She squared up (with/to the basket) for a three-point shot.
They squared up for a fight.
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These teams are squaring up and covering every inch of hardwood, a seesawing retort to the critics lazily decrying modern defense.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Has Lee suddenly developed the ability to square up the baseball in the air more consistently, despite a fairly substantial drop in his fly ball rate?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The latest benchmark revision — an annual process that squares up estimates — showed there were 589,000 fewer jobs added to the economy in 2024 (more on that below).
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
The last time Curry and James squared up was the Christmas Special.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Has Lee suddenly developed the ability to square up the baseball in the air more consistently, despite a fairly substantial drop in his fly ball rate?
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The latest benchmark revision — an annual process that squares up estimates — showed there were 589,000 fewer jobs added to the economy in 2024 (more on that below).
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
The last time Curry and James squared up was the Christmas Special.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Square up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20up. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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