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
  • Mandel started hammering out the pilot with showrunner Patrick Somerville (the two currently have permission to sell the scripts should another network show interest) but spent most of her days thinking about what her next novel might be.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
  • After the meeting, Johnson’s opponents said the mayor hasn’t meaningfully reached across City Council’s sharp divide to help hammer out a deal.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of hammer out
Verb
  • The parties involved in the litigation—as well as Red Lobster itself, which is not being sued—declined to comment for this article, but their court filings lay out the sad saga in dramatic detail.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Coat a large baking sheet with the olive oil, and lay out the tortillas in a single layer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of lay out
Verb
  • Retaliation is not unheard of in higher education and fear of scheming colleagues is common.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • To this day, third-party researchers continue to uncover more evidence of how OpenAI's models were secretly scheming and developing ways to hack Hugging Face.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of scheme
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  • When one of the contestants goes missing, Detective Fion Morgan has to work out the difference between what’s been shown on screen and the truth.
    — L.M. Chilton, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Joe says picking Katie is either going to work out great for them or backfire.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of work out
Verb
  • Still, federal policy can shape the broader conditions affecting municipal borrowers, Marlowe said.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • School Girls isn’t a tragedy, but its antiheroine, and the world that shaped her, just might break your heart.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of shape
Verb
  • Of that, $2 billion will fund a new Miami campus, which plans to enroll its first students in 2028.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Toyota plans to provide research access through the University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center, allowing other research partners to use its battery testing and evaluation capabilities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of plan
Verb
  • For decades, the European Union has led the world in implementing policies designed to cut emissions, creating the world’s most important price on carbon and crafting the rules of the road for a wide range of regulatory efforts.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Two tiny satellites have joined an orbital fleet designed to measure greenhouse gas emissions from hundreds of miles above Earth.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 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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“Square away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20away. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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