on the square in English

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          "text": "\"Are you on the square?\" (meaning: \"are you a freemason like myself?\")"
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    "Square_and_Compasses"
  ],
  "word": "on the square"
}

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      "word": "on the level"
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"on the square" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase