square up

se préparer à se battre

Se placer face à quelqu’un et se préparer à se battre contre lui.

En anglais simple : You face someone and get ready to fight them.

• The two men squared up.
• He squared up to me outside the club.
• She stepped back when the stranger began to square up.

Comment l'utiliser : square up to someone (He squared up to the man who had pushed him.)

Synonymes : prepare to fight

Expressions courantes : square up to someone, square up angrily, square up in defense

régler sa dette

Payer à quelqu’un l’argent qu’on lui doit.

En anglais simple : You pay someone the money you owe them.

• I will square up tomorrow.
• Have you squared up with Anna for the tickets?
• We squared up before leaving the hotel.

Comment l'utiliser : square up with someone (I will square up with you after lunch.); square something up (We squared the bill up before leaving.)

Synonymes : settle up, pay back

Expressions courantes : square up with someone, square something up

s'affronter, affronter

Affronter un adversaire dans un match ou une compétition.

En anglais simple : You face an opponent in a match or competition.

• The teams square up tonight.
• Two leading candidates squared up in the debate.
• Who will square up against last year’s champion?

Comment l'utiliser : square up against someone (Our team will square up against the champions.); square up to someone (She squared up to her rival in the final.)

Synonymes : face, compete against

Expressions courantes : square up against someone, square up to someone

mettre d'équerre

Découper ou usiner un bloc pour que ses faces et ses coins forment des angles droits précis.

En anglais simple : You cut or machine a block so its sides and corners are accurately square.

• Square up the block first.
• She squared up the insert on the milling machine.
• These blocks must be squared up before assembly.

Comment l'utiliser : square something up (The machinist squared the metal block up.)

Synonymes : true up

Expressions courantes : square up blocks, square something up