as in to hammer out
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Recent Examples of square away
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.
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
Despite my best efforts to neatly square away all of my things inside my carry-on bag or checked luggage, my suitcase eventually ends up looking like a scene out of Twisters.
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Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
Despite my best efforts to neatly square away all of my things inside my carry-on bag or checked luggage, my suitcase eventually ends up looking like a scene out of Twisters.
—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for square away
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The other details that will need to be hammered out.
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Despite a 60-day deadline to hammer out details of the truce, Washington and Tehran said further negotiations would be postponed indefinitely.
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And, more broadly, country-level plans that lay out investable climate projects across different countries received top billing at different forums.
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And so the goal that lawmakers have stated for this bill and that a lot of the provisions lay out is to tackle some of the bottlenecks and some of the problems that have kept us from providing the level of housing supply that the country needs over time.
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The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.
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Joining Purnell, Ora, and Haaland in the voice cast are Steve Speirs as King Erik, Anton Lesser as the scheming Lars, and Alan Carr as the Bard, an overly enthusiastic royal scribe.
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Current satellite data measures ozone separately in the lower, middle, and upper stratosphere, and model simulations help scientists work out the causes of any changes in these layers.
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Pinkerton is still working out how that inspiration will play out in the next round of songs, but likes the theme of finding light even in the darkest of places.
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Chalsma’s unstinting vociferousness, which sometimes seems over the top, leaves little doubt as to who shaped Coriolanus’ martial character.
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The restaurant originated in Thessaloniki in 2015 and now brings contemporary Greek bistronomy to Santorini with a menu shaped by seasonality, local producers and fishermen.
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Future projects being planned in the central city for delivery over the next five years will include other office-to-apartment conversions and new housing built from the ground up.
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Lawmakers plan to direct the Department of Finance to present the Legislature with options for how to do that.
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Ships, like airplanes, are designed with fluid dynamics in mind, and biofoul seriously messes that up.
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While the original impressed us with its ability to enhance product absorption and boost radiance, the new Booster Pro X2 doubles down with stronger output, dual-electrode technology, and seven treatment modes designed to improve everything from dull skin to large pores.
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There’s also a free, indoor Independence Eve concert a few steps away at Boettcher Concert Hall in place of the usual outdoor event at Civic Center.
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Taylor Swift joins Lainey Wilson for a surprise performance at Sports Illustrated and Tight End University's Tight Ends & Friends concert in Nashville on June 23.
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“Square away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20away. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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