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Verb: square up
  1. Assume a fighting stance, especially by raising fists in a boxing stance
    "The two men square upd outside the bar";
    - square off
     
  2. Make square
    "They squared up the corners of the room";
    - square
     
  3. Pay what is owed; settle a debt
    "Time to square up the bill"; "I'll square up with you next week";
    - even up
     
  4. Settle conclusively; come to terms
    "They met to square up their differences";
    - settle, square off, determine

Derived forms: squared up, squares up, squaring up

Type of: conclude, form, resolve, shape

Encyclopedia: Square up