square off

Meaning

1. square off (against sb)

   to fight or prepare to fight sb

In the movies · 3

• Now they re squaring off in the middle of the ring toe to toe Taking blowsCreed II2018
• Duh. Now piss off, square.Life in a Year2020
• Here we are as the two biggest rivals in football square off for their chance to etch their names in sports history.The Game Plan2007

From the same entry

• a square meal
• a square peg
• back to square one
• square away
• square up
• square up
• square with
• square with
• fair and square