square off

1. 1.

   settle conclusively; come to terms

   “We finally settled the argument”

   Synonymssettlesquare updetermine

   Broaderconclude

   Narrowerclearconcertclinchcompromise

Questions about square off

What does square off mean?

square off means "settle conclusively; come to terms".

What is another word for square off?

Close synonyms include settle, square up, determine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is square off a common word?

square off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.