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Definition of Square up

1. Verb. Make square. "Square the wood with a file"

2. Verb. Even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing.

3. Verb. Settle conclusively; come to terms. "We finally settled the argument"

Definition of Square up

1. Verb. to get ready for a fight ¹

2. Verb. to get in the fighting position ¹

3. Verb. to pay back money that is owed ¹

4. Verb. to face (someone) in a contest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Square Up

square pyramid square pyramids square rigged square rod square root square roots square sail square sails square scooter square scooters

square shooter square tab shingle square tab shingles square the circle square toes square up (current term) square wave square wave stimuli square yard square yards

squared squared-toe squared the circle squaredness squareflipper square flipper squarefree squarehead squareheads squarelike squarely

Literary usage of Square up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1912)
"After gear is all set, square up the travel on the two sides of the engine by adjusting the short reach rods. Fig. ..."

2. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"... j inch square; up to \ inch diameter, *fg inch square; up to i inch diameter, f inch square; up to ii inches diameter, J inch square. ..."

3. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1908)
"... -f% inch square; up to f inch diameter, T75 inch square; up to i inch diameter, -J inch square; up to } inch diameter, T\ inch square; up to i inch ..."

4. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1909)
"square; up to ... f inch square; up to ij inches diameter, J inch square. HOLLOW MILLS THE teeth of hollow mills should be radial or ahead of the cer. ..."

5. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and by William Nicholson (1821)
"Now, as we do not mean to square up perpendiculars at the joint of every frame timber, we shall make use of as many as will suit our purpose in delineating ..."

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