square with
phrasal verb
squared with; squaring with; squares with
1
: to agree with (something)
Your story doesn't square with the facts.
2
: to make (something) agree with (something)
How can they square what they've done with what they've said?
3
: to get agreement about or approval of (something) from (someone)
I'll go on the trip if I can square it with my parents.
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Cuts to smoking prevention and cessation programs, for example, don’t square with the aim of decreasing rates of chronic disease.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
This also squares with evolutions within the practice that have turned more toward self-knowledge.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Apr. 2025
Each Down entry combines the letter in its circled square with an illustration to actually make a clue for its intersecting Across entry.
—Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in particular, poured contempt on the notion that war plans were disclosed, but his assertion that no classified information was disclosed is very hard to square with the fact that ...
—Nr Editors, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
This also squares with evolutions within the practice that have turned more toward self-knowledge.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 4 Apr. 2025
Each Down entry combines the letter in its circled square with an illustration to actually make a clue for its intersecting Across entry.
—Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in particular, poured contempt on the notion that war plans were disclosed, but his assertion that no classified information was disclosed is very hard to square with the fact that ...
—Nr Editors, National Review, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Square with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/square%20with. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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