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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Thomas warns, the square with Pluto is particularly challenging, representing unexpected hurdles, conflicts, and hardship thrust at us from left field.
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Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Save to Files Tap the Share button (a square with an arrow) and choose Save to Files.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Those demands have been hard to square with the conservatives, whose support Macron also needs to pass a budget.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
How does that contribution square with your broader criticism of billionaires and corporate PAC money?
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Save to Files Tap the Share button (a square with an arrow) and choose Save to Files.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Those demands have been hard to square with the conservatives, whose support Macron also needs to pass a budget.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
How does that contribution square with your broader criticism of billionaires and corporate PAC money?
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 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 28 Oct. 2025.
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