all square
Britishadjective
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mutually clear of all debts or obligations
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(of contestants or teams in sports) having equal scores
Example Sentences
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He raced into a 3-0 lead but was pegged back to all square by the seven-time Premier League winner Van Gerwen.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
If a knockout-stage meeting between two sides who had drawn all three of their group games is a rarity, it was less of a surprise when the contest ended all square after 90 minutes.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2024
Europe built another early lead, 2 up through eight holes, until Scheffler birdied the ninth and Europe bogeyed the 10th to bring it back to all square.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
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
The match stood all square with three to play and Abe laid Johnny what looked like a very dead stymie at the sixteenth, but Johnny somehow got round it.
From Fifty Years of Golf by Hutchinson, Horace G.
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