"square around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: squares around [present, singular, third-person], squaring around [participle, present], squared around [participle, past], squared around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} square around (third-person singular simple present squares around, present participle squaring around, simple past and past participle squared around)
  1. (baseball, of a batter) To shift to a position to ready to bunt, i.e. by moving to face the pitcher and hold the bat laterally above the home plate.

Inflected forms

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