square off

== English == === Verb === square off (third-person singular simple present squares off, present participle squaring off, simple past and past participle squared off) (Canada, US) To get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight). Synonym: square up Antonym: stand down (industrial design) To increase the boxiness of (a design). Antonym: round off === Further reading === “square off”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.