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Meanings of
square away
in English
Portuguese
arrumar
Catalan
arranjar
Spanish
limpiar
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Put (things or places) in order.
tidy
straighten
neaten
tidy up
clean up
straighten out
Portuguese
arrumar
Synonyms
Examples for "
tidy
"
tidy
straighten
neaten
tidy up
clean up
Examples for "
tidy
"
1
The inside of the house is quite
tidy
and needs no work.
2
Of particular value to local heritage groups and and
tidy
town committees.
3
At least Britain could fight a
tidy
war to an emphatic conclusion.
4
It was not, and was never likely to be, a
tidy
result.
5
The caretaker went in to check the police had left things
tidy
.
1
But I want to
straighten
out Sarah Cartwright as soon as possible.
2
Miranda with a few minutes of privacy: Find clothes,
straighten
the bedspread.
3
Are thousands of them hunched at the wheel unable to
straighten
up?
4
He had seen that Allday was unable to
straighten
his back properly.
5
I recover from the back-slapping and
straighten
up: It's going well, Harry.
1
Work around the edge with a table knife, to
neaten
.
2
Not all of us can or want to
neaten
up the rough edges of our lives.
3
She automatically pats her hair to
neaten
it.
4
Carefully trim the overhanging pastry to
neaten
.
5
Trim the fish fillets to
neaten
the edges, then remove any pin bones with a pair of kitchen tweezers.
1
We appeal to the powers that be to
tidy
up
the walk.
2
Maggie left her sitting there, and began to
tidy
up
the house.
3
When I go home at night I get supper and
tidy
up
!
4
MAIDS look at the mad symmetrical debris, and begin to
tidy
up
.
5
The room looked as if it had been given a good
tidy
up
.
1
He needs to:
clean
up
politics; protect the economy; and extend opportunity.
2
Experts say measures adopted since 2010 have helped
clean
up
supply chains.
3
Mr Tupou said those funds wouldn't be used for the
clean
up
.
4
This matter was a problem enough without further complications to
clean
up
.
5
Local authorities must now
clean
up
after this night of so-called fun.
1
But I want to
straighten
out
Sarah Cartwright as soon as possible.
2
I have an idea that I shall
straighten
out
this tangle yet.
3
Now it's gotten to the point where even she couldn't
straighten
out
.
4
And those are the furrows I have been trying to
straighten
out
.
5
And bit by bit the fiction let him
straighten
out
his life.
Usage of
square away
in English
1
She snatched the paper
square
away
before he could touch her mouth.
2
I think it would be better to
square
away
for Mangareva.
3
Just a
square
away
from Stewart's Business Palace stands Cooper Union.
4
It's just territory stuff they need to
square
away
before we can get to business.
5
Let the ship fall-of, and
square
away
the yards!
6
He knew he would not feel safe until he was a
square
away
from the house.
7
From the window, as we looked out, we could see the boat, almost a
square
away
.
8
I needed to
square
away
my guilt.
9
At meridian, therefore, I gave the order to
square
away
,
and to make sail on our course.
10
The engine slowed down to a stop, the repair rig with flying horses attached less than a
square
away
.
11
I shook out a reef, and set the whole jib, for, having sea-room, I could
square
away
two points.
12
Blanco Sol was seen to break his gait and slow down in several jumps, then
square
away
and stand stockstill.
13
It's something that it took Rock Band months to
square
away
with Xbox Live, and WiiWare supports it at launch?
14
We have a fair wind, Ralph, so
square
away
west by nor'west, and leave this bloody slaver to her fate.
15
Then suddenly the stillness of the hour was broken by the loud report of a pistol not half a
square
away
.
16
Raymer's horse was only a short half-
square
away
,
hitched in front of the Winnebago House, and he went to get it.
Other examples for "square away"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
square
away
square
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
square away
Portuguese
arrumar
organizar
Catalan
arranjar
netejar
arreglar
endreçar
agençar
Spanish
limpiar
arreglar
Square away
through the time
Square away
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