square with

phrasal verb

squared with; squaring with; squares with

1

: to agree with (something)

Your story doesn't square with the facts.

2

: to make (something) agree with (something)

How can they square what they've done with what they've said?

3

: to get agreement about or approval of (something) from (someone)

I'll go on the trip if I can square it with my parents.

Examples of square with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But how did that square with him celebrating Frederick Douglass’s least favorite holiday alongside the leaders of the very system that was causing the problems? . —Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025

While Buckley did not consider a separate ban on corporate and union independent expenditures found in §610, had that provision been challenged in Buckley ’s wake, it could not have been squared with the precedent’s reasoning and analysis. —Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025

How do these playful, consumer-friendly offerings square with a show steeped in death, class struggle, and survival? —Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025

And that could result in the war continuing far longer than would square with Mr. Trump’s promises. —Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025