SQUARE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does square off mean? 

• SQUARE OFF (verb)
  The verb SQUARE OFF has 1 sense:

1. settle conclusively; come to terms

  Familiarity information: SQUARE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUARE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Settle conclusively; come to terms

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

determine; settle; square off; square up

Context example:

We finally settled the argument

Hypernyms (to "square off" is one way to...):

conclude; resolve (reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "square off"):

clear; solve (settle, as of a debt)

concert (settle by agreement)

clinch (settle conclusively)

compromise (settle by concession)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something