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square off
verb
- intr, adverb to assume a posture of offence or defence, as in boxing
Idioms and Phrases
Take a fighting stance, prepare to fight, as in As they squared off, the teacher came out and stopped them , or The ambassador said the two countries were squaring off . [First half of 1800s]Example Sentences
In the videos, she squares off against earlier versions of herself.
A packed crowd gathered at Camelback Ranch to watch the Dodgers and Angels square off for the first time.
The Chargers, the designated home team for this game, will be part of the NFL’s return to Sao Paulo after the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers squared off there to open last season.
Bonta has become the face of California’s legal resistance to the second Trump administration, squaring off over new executive orders on gender, immigration and other hot-button issues.
Rozelle and Raiders owner Al Davis, who had squared off in the courtroom, had a tense relationship.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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