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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"It's not just a square with a hole in it, it's quite a specific form."
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
How does all that square with the boom in new jobs?
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
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 • Mar. 26, 2026
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 • Feb. 27, 2026
The visitation room was twenty feet square with a few stools bolted to the floor.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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