"turn square corners" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "turns square corners",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turning square corners",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned square corners",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned square corners",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "turn square corners (third-person singular simple present turns square corners, present participle turning square corners, simple past and past participle turned square corners)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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            "Fundamental"
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Niz-Chavez v. Garland (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–863), Justice Gorsuch majority opinion",
          "text": "In this case, the law’s terms ensure that, when the federal government seeks a procedural advantage against an individual, it will at least supply him with a single and reasonably comprehensive statement of the nature of the proceedings against him. If men must turn square corners when they deal with the government, it cannot be too much to expect the government to turn square corners when it deals with them."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To navigate through difficult regulatory or procedural requirements; to jump through hoops."
      ],
      "id": "en-turn_square_corners-en-verb-SdyJ6ShR",
      "links": [
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          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "navigate",
          "navigate"
        ],
        [
          "regulatory",
          "regulatory"
        ],
        [
          "procedural",
          "procedural"
        ],
        [
          "requirement",
          "requirement"
        ],
        [
          "jump through hoops",
          "jump through hoops"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) To navigate through difficult regulatory or procedural requirements; to jump through hoops."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cut corners"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "turn square corners"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "turns square corners",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turning square corners",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned square corners",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned square corners",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "turn square corners (third-person singular simple present turns square corners, present participle turning square corners, simple past and past participle turned square corners)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cut corners"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "2020, Niz-Chavez v. Garland (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–863), Justice Gorsuch majority opinion",
          "text": "In this case, the law’s terms ensure that, when the federal government seeks a procedural advantage against an individual, it will at least supply him with a single and reasonably comprehensive statement of the nature of the proceedings against him. If men must turn square corners when they deal with the government, it cannot be too much to expect the government to turn square corners when it deals with them."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To navigate through difficult regulatory or procedural requirements; to jump through hoops."
      ],
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          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "navigate",
          "navigate"
        ],
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          "regulatory",
          "regulatory"
        ],
        [
          "procedural",
          "procedural"
        ],
        [
          "requirement",
          "requirement"
        ],
        [
          "jump through hoops",
          "jump through hoops"
        ]
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        "(law) To navigate through difficult regulatory or procedural requirements; to jump through hoops."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
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    }
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  "word": "turn square corners"
}