square away

verb

Definition of square awaynext
as in to hammer out

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Recent Examples of square away 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 His student loans are squared away, bills are covered, and housing is fully furnished. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for square away
Recent Examples of Synonyms for square away
  1. hammer out
  2. lay out
  3. scheme
  4. work out
  5. shape
  6. plan
  7. design
  8. concert
Verb
  • Now, lawmakers must hammer out the details of that legislation.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Last month, top officials from the State and Defense departments met with their counterparts in Caracas to hammer out details of the oil deal.
    — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of hammer out
Verb
  • For your next craft night, set up the mini canvases on easels, lay out the supplies, turn on a nostalgic Halloween movie, and whip up a few seasonal snacks to munch on for the coziest autumn night.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026
  • That vision quickly gets a lot more ambitious — and a lot more chaotic — as Murdoch and Larry lay out their plans for shaking up the newspaper world.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of lay out
Verb
  • McDaniel has shown the ability to scheme around offensive line weakness.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • When the bank refuses, the sisters scheme an elaborate all-night heist to reclaim what is rightfully theirs.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of scheme
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  • George Vanderploeg, a townhouse broker at Douglas Elliman, pointed out that $1,600 or $1,700 per square foot — what 80 Horatio’s sales price works out to — isn’t bad, especially for a 25-footer.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The 76ers have a lot to work on and a lot to work out, and none of it will be solved overnight.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of work out
Verb
  • The breakdown gets disclosed by organisers in the weeks afterwards, but decisions were ultimately shaped by individual performances, as well as those of their team.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But Mike Strain says almost as soon as 'K-shaped' became a relevant term to describe what was happening in the economy, people began abusing it.
    — Paddy Hirsch, NPR, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of shape
Verb
  • The owner, in this case, plans to live in the place themselves.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Harbaugh had Roman on his Ravens staff as an offensive assistant and planned to use Kaepernick just like his brother had in San Francisco.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of plan
Verb
  • The House will vote on a bipartisan bill on Tuesday designed to get tech companies to pay for the infrastructure and energy required to construct data centers.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The company says its organic chemistry is designed to replace scarce and corrosive materials used in some flow battery systems.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of design
Verb
  • Backstreet Boys concert Brittany Mahomes posted photos on Instagram that shows the couple attended Saturday night’s Backstreet Boys concert at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Singer Barry Manilow had to postpone his Lexington, Kentucky, concert unexpectedly on Tuesday night.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of concert

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