square off
square off · squares off · squared off · squaring off
встановлювати, обмежувати, визначати
определить, определять, установить
bestimmen, festlegen, eingrenzen
To get ready for a confrontationTo get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight).
» The two contestants will square off in a test of who is the better dancer.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US, intransitive)To get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight).
To increase the boxiness of (a design).
After the aeronautically inspired curvaceous designs of the 1930s and 1940s, many American automotive designs of the 1950s through 1970s were somewhat more squared off.
More definitions
- settle conclusively; come to terms
Examples
1 sentencesThe two contestants will square off in a test of who is the better dancer.
Forms
squares off, squaring off, squared off, squared off| Base form | square off · to square off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | squares off |
| Present participle | squaring off |
| Past simple | squared off |
| Past participle | squared off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- square upузгодити, узгоджуватиTo get ready for a fight.
- square offвстановлювати, обмежуватиTo get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight).
- square awayприбрати, прибиратиTo square the ship's yards to make her run before the wind, with the wind blowing straight from the stern.
- square aroundTo shift to a position to ready to bunt, i.e. by moving to face the pitcher and hold the bat laterally above the home plate.
Synonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb