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Square off   /skwɛr ɔf/   Listen
Square off

verb
1.
Settle conclusively; come to terms.  Synonyms: determine, settle, square up.






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"Square off" Quotes from Famous Books



... of lopped limbs, and entangled branches, piled up like jackstraws to the height of even six or eight feet from the ground; the unsightly mat of sodden old masses of pine needles and cedar fans; the hundreds of young saplings bent double by the weight of debris, broken square off, or twisted out of all chance of becoming straight trees in their age; the long, deep, ruthless furrows where the logs had been dragged through everything that could stand in their way; the few trees left standing, weak specimens, ...
— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White

... means. I enclose you the article about the recovery of the goods. A few years ago he had a small grocery in S——. These facts can be authenticated. Another case in point: The evening I left my house to come here, the young daughter of one of my neighbors in the same block, was in a house not a square off, and in a childish manner was regretting that I could not retain my house. The man in the house said: 'Why waste your tears and regrets on Mrs. Lincoln?' An hour afterward the husband and wife went out to make a call, doubtless to gossip ...
— Behind the Scenes - or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House • Elizabeth Keckley



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