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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Case in point: incomplete differentiation is hard to square with the meteorite samples originating from Vesta that researchers have collected. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025 Those bulges protruding like alien offspring are potato, dozens of layers stacked and compressed into golden squares with crisp edges. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025 At roughly 125 people per plane, that's 50,000 people in total, which squares with ICE's own reporting. Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025 The kind of sexuality that doesn’t easily square with beliefs that women need to be faultless and every corner of our lives must adhere to prevailing (and individualistic) liberal-feminist beliefs. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for square with

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“Square with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20with. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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