SQUARE OFF Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

square (off)

verb

Definition of square (off)

as in to contend (with)

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Verb

Neither candidate has a strategy for combatting Brazil’s growing dependence on China for trade, a key issue in the presidential race.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
As Brazil’s finances tighten, the threat is evolving far faster than the Brazilian state can direct resources to combat it.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of combat

Verb

No sitting Democratic senator has publicly launched a bid to replace Schumer, and the candidates opposing him still need to win in November.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
This sense of necessity entirely opposes the narrative contingency in Spider-Noir’s other genre.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of oppose

Verb

But resist the urge to throw every brightening ingredient at the problem.

— Glamour, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2026
Attempts to coordinate the different agencies under a central authority to fight organized crime have failed in Congress, where professional associations representing those agencies have resisted anything that would reduce their power.

— MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of resist

Verb

Kosovo has criticized the verdicts as unjust, maintaining that the KLA, which Thaci had led before entering politics, fought against Serbian oppression.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
His emphasis on fighting crime, his anti-left agenda and his confrontations with the Supreme Federal Court and Brazil’s political establishment directly appeal to issues that have mobilized Bolsonaro’s base for years.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of fight

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Outdoor bars and pop-up tasting stands peppered the festival grounds, offering adult libations to the 21-and-over crowd dancing, moshing and rocking out all weekend.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Before the speaker’s podium stood a vase filled with white roses; to the right, a large photograph of the deceased.

— Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of stand

Verb

Lawson has withstood a decades-long vivisection of her body and sexuality.

— Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Its airframe is built largely from titanium and titanium alloys to withstand the extreme temperatures generated during sustained high-speed flight.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of withstand

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