SQUARE ONE'S SHOULDERS Definition & Meaning

square one's shoulders

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Idioms and Phrases

Prepare to face adversity, as in She knew it wouldn't be easy but she squared her shoulders and faced the hostile audience . This expression transfers standing erect with the shoulders pulled back, forming an angle much like a square's right angle, to the situations calling for this stance. It was first recorded in 1819.

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Life would make slaves of all of us, if one did not sometimes square one's shoulders and say—'No, thank you, I have had enough!

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