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Definition of square off in English:

square off

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phrasal verb

  • 1North American Assume the attitude of a person about to fight.

    ‘the two men squared off’
    • ‘there was some awesome karate action as Jason squared off against a former fellow agent’

  • 2square someone off, square off someoneAustralian Placate someone.

    • ‘he was not very amused but we squared him off with a few free beers’
    pacify, calm, calm down, appease, mollify, soothe, win over, quiet, conciliate, propitiate, make peace with, humour