square up
See also: square-up
English
Verb
square up (third-person singular simple present squares up, present participle squaring up, simple past and past participle squared up)
- to get ready for a fight
- to adopt a fighting stance
- 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Samir Nasri was shown a second yellow card moments earlier after squaring up to Jamie Vardy, with the two players going forehead to forehead after exchanging insults.
- to face (someone) in a contest
- to face (someone) for arrangement of the relation
- 2003, “What's a Pimp?”, in Married to the Game, performed by Too $hort:
- I spent so many days with you, so many nights
It's nice, I wanted you to be my only wife
We didn't make it, I couldn't take it
I tried to square up, it's too hard I couldn't fake it
- to pay back money that is owed