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all square

British  

adjective

  1. mutually clear of all debts or obligations

  2. (of contestants or teams in sports) having equal scores

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But an extraordinary 90-foot putt from Kupcho on the 17th clawed the Americans back into contention and they headed up the last hole all square.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

American opponents Justin Thomas and Cameron Young sensibly appealed for calm, but also stoked emotions with wild celebrations when they won holes seven and nine to leave a tense match all square again.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025

Things ended all square in Serbia on Friday night in what was, arguably, the toughest game of this Euro 2025 group stage.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024

Instead of the match being all square with three holes to play, Europe was 2 up and on its way to another point.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2023

Both took fives on the hole, missing long putts; and the battle was still all square.

From Fore! by Charles Emmett Van Loan

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