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单词 square off
释义
square off
1. phrasal verb
If you square something off, you alter it so that it has the shape of a square.
Peel a thick-skinned orange and square off the ends with a sharp knife. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
...white modern buildings that look like squared-off wedding cakes. [VERB-ed PARTICLE]
[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If one group or person squares off against or with another, they prepare to fight them. [mainly US]
In Florida, farmers are squaring off against cities for rights to groundwater. [V P against]
French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint. [V P with]
The two teams square off for the first game of the series. [plural-noun VERB PARTICLE]
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