square with

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.

Examples of square with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So how does that square with his increasingly precarious political standing? —David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026

As is tradition on the monarch’s birthday, King Frederik X came out on the balcony of Amalienborg Palace to greet the citizens who had gathered in the square with flags and congratulatory posters. —Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 28 May 2026

And candidly, in my day-to-day work running a fintech company, the hysteria simply doesn’t square with the reality. —Gil Mandelzis, Fortune, 27 May 2026

A little farther on, there’s a square with a carousel and a pétanque court, some low dark stone walls, some houses with bottle-green shutters, a bend in the road, and we’re headed to La Noue. —Literary Hub, 26 May 2026