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square go

British  

noun

  1. informal a fair fight between two individuals

"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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White tiles about four inches square go with almost anything and will give a bathroom a clean, fresh look — and they’re cheap, too: 16 cents each at Lowe’s.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

From here, the chances of hitting the ball square go way up.

From Golf Digest • May 5, 2016

They want a "fair and square go" for the workingman, liberty, jobs, and freedom of movement.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed easier to cross the square, go up the steps of the old house and slip his key into the door….

From The Custom of the Country by Wharton, Edith

When you've made the cushion square, if you want it square, go around the three remaining sides and tie a break-water, so to speak, so that the weaving won't ravel out.

From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

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