square with
Idioms-
Correspond to, agree with, as in His story doesn't square with what the witness saw . [Late 1500s]
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Settle a disagreement or account with someone, put a matter straight, as in We've squared it with the management to bring our own wine . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
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However, that doesn’t square with GameStop saying it put its money to work after its fiscal year drew to a close, he added.
From Barron's
Cutting prices in a crisis doesn’t square with the usual picture of hard-nosed commodities traders, but Abbott says his microbes are still in the money thanks to Pivot Bio’s low production and shipping costs.
That doesn’t appear to square with the actual language of the bill.
From Salon
It was shown off for the first time at the Central Library tram stop in Centenary Square - with the tram given a new name, Steven Knight, in recognition of his work promoting the city and the wider region through the franchise.
From BBC
But that didn’t square with a Jan. 9 memo handed down by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that calls for AI labs to amend their defense contracts to allow “any lawful use” of their technology.
From MarketWatch
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