"square up" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "squares up",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squaring up",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "squared up",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "squared up",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to get ready for a fight"
      ],
      "id": "en-square_up-en-verb-FBzd-7A6",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "square off"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
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        {
          "_dis": "31 26 9 7 27",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to adopt a fighting stance"
      ],
      "id": "en-square_up-en-verb-g2oPOBue",
      "links": [
        [
          "stance",
          "stance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "square off"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "word": "stand down"
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      "glosses": [
        "to face (someone) in a contest"
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        {
          "word": "square off"
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let me know how much my share in the activity is and I'll square up with you tomorrow."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay back money that is owed"
      ],
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          "pay",
          "pay"
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        [
          "owe",
          "owe"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Machining",
          "orig": "en:Machining",
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            "Manufacturing",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "parents": [],
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      "glosses": [
        "To mill (blocks, inserts, etc) into precisely square condition."
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        [
          "square",
          "square#English:_not_out_of_square"
        ]
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        "(transitive, machining, die making) To mill (blocks, inserts, etc) into precisely square condition."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "natural-sciences",
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  "word": "square up"
}

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    "English multiword terms",
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    {
      "form": "squares up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "squaring up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "squared up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "squared up",
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        "past"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
      ],
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        "to get ready for a fight"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "square off"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
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          "ref": "2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to adopt a fighting stance"
      ],
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          "stance",
          "stance"
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        {
          "word": "square off"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "stand down"
        }
      ],
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        "to face (someone) in a contest"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "square off"
        }
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let me know how much my share in the activity is and I'll square up with you tomorrow."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pay back money that is owed"
      ],
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          "pay",
          "pay"
        ],
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          "owe",
          "owe"
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}