square away

verb

squared away; squaring away; squares away

intransitive verb

1

: to square the yards so as to sail before the wind

2

: to put everything in order or in readiness

… is squaring away to write the first words of the new chapter.

—The Atlantic

3

: to take up a fighting stance

transitive verb

: to put in order or in readiness

Let me square away my work before I leave.

Examples of square away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hesson said in about two months Endeavor and TCU will have more retail tenants squared away. —Ella Gonzales march 20, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026

Got the Dodgers squared away with nine innings of one-run baseball in Game 2. —Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026

Though the majority of the Bridgerton siblings are squared away, Benedict remains unaccounted for. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026

The incident forces Audrey back into her childhood home in suburban New Jersey to help take care of her, and into Eli’s orbit to help square away the insurance information and repair bills. —Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for square away

• andromache
• bioassay
• cabriolet
• cercariae
• communique
• companionway
• compositae
• decussate
• examinee
• fabaceae
• glyphosate
• microarray

Kids Definition

square away

verb

: to put in order or readiness