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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That degree of sacrifice is difficult to square with prevailing attitudes today.
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Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Thomas warns, the square with Pluto is particularly challenging, representing unexpected hurdles, conflicts, and hardship thrust at us from left field.
—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
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Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Thomas warns, the square with Pluto is particularly challenging, representing unexpected hurdles, conflicts, and hardship thrust at us from left field.
—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
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 31 Oct. 2025.
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