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square

 
 
/skweər/ verb

Translation

2/3/4, etc squared 2/3/4, etc multiplied by itself
2/3/4 vb. karesi
Four squared is sixteen.13741395
square off phrasal verb US
to prepare to fight, compete, or argue with someone
birisiyle tartışmaya/yarışmaya/kavgaya hazırlanmak
The two teams will square off in the finals next Saturday.1842
square up phrasal verb UK
FIGHT to prepare to fight, compete, or argue with someone
birisiyle tartışmaya/yarışmaya/kavgaya hazırlanmak
The players squared up to each other and started shouting.1842707
PAY informal to pay someone the money that you owe them
borcunu kapatmak/ödemek
If you pay for it now, I'll square up with you later.1408
square with sth phrasal verb
to match or to agree with something
uymak/uydurmak; bağdaşmak/bağdaştırmak
Her story doesn't quite square with the evidence.11831909
(Definition of square verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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