verb
put (things or places) in order (Freq. 1)
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Tidy up your room!
• Syn: ↑tidy, ↑tidy up, ↑clean up, ↑neaten, ↑straighten, ↑straighten out
• Hypernyms: ↑order
• Hyponyms: ↑make, ↑make up, ↑houseclean, ↑clean house, ↑clean
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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intransitive verb1. : to square the yards so as to sail before the wind
2. : to put everything in order or in readiness : get ready
is squaring away to write the first words of the new chapter — Atlantic
3. : to take up a fighting stance
a professional fighter he was being compelled to square away against — Hamilton Basso
: to put in order or readiness : make ready
everything … is squared away, and satisfaction and contentment reign — W.W.Howells
helped him square away his field scarf and button his blouse — L.M.Uris
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square away
1. To set (sails) at right angles to the keel (nautical)
2. To make neat and tidy (N American)
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Main Entry: ↑square
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ˌsquare a ˈway [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they square away he/she/it squares away present participle squaring away past tense squared away past participle squared away] american phrasal verb
to do the things necessary to complete something
The project should be squared away in the spring.
Main entry: square
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square away [phrasal verb]
square (something) away or square away (something) US : to put (something) in an organized and proper state or condition
— often used as (be/get) squared away
I need to get my work squared away [=taken care of] before I leave for vacation.
I can finally relax since everything is squared away.
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Main Entry: ↑square
Useful english dictionary. 2012.