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.

Examples of square up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Video shared by a fan on social media shows Dunphy and Kelce, 36, squaring up, running and jumping into one another belly-first on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown stage. —Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024

This is the season for rallying cries, as Silicon Valley’s tech leaders link arms with the like-minded and square up against ideological foes in politics, culture, and anything else. —Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024

Two American women squared up for a sword fight at dusk. —Nick Duffy, NBC News, 28 July 2024

In the eighth, Ohtani just missed squaring up a 96-mph fastball that reliever Caleb Ferguson left over the plate and sent a medium-depth fly ball into left fielder Alex Verdugo’s glove. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 June 2024