square up

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

Freshman infielder Bri Alejandre squared up and smashed a home run over the center-field wall to give UCLA the lead in the second inning. —Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026

Cole Young walked to open the seventh inning before Garver squared up a 1-0 sinker from Nick Mears (2-3) and launched a 406-foot shot to left field. —ABC News, 22 May 2026

And sure enough, on the first possession of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, Brunson jogged into the right corner and waited for Josh Hart to screen his man, Cleveland’s Dean Wade, freeing Brunson to take a handoff from OG Anunoby and to square up with the switching Harden. —Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Started squaring up the ball a little bit more. —Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026

Rhymes for square up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup