square with
Phrasal verbto ask permission or check with sb that they approve of what you want to do; to make two ideas, facts or situations agree or combine well with each other; to agree or be consistent with another idea, fact or situation
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Meaning
- 1
square sth with sb
to ask permission or check with sb that they approve of what you want to do
I think I'll be able to come, but I'll square it with my parents first.
- 2
square sth with sth
to make two ideas, facts or situations agree or combine well with each other; to agree or be consistent with another idea, fact or situation
The interests of farmers need to be squared with those of consumers.
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Definitions from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9th edition
He's square with the house again...
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