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square up

Phrasal Verb with square
 
 
/skweər/ verb

Definition

if two things that should be the same do not square up, they seem different or show different results: The accounts don't seem to square up.
(Definition of square up from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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