square up

prepararse para pelear

Ponerse frente a alguien y prepararse para pelear con esa persona.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: square up to someone (He squared up to the man who had pushed him.)

Sinónimos: prepare to fight

Expresiones frecuentes: square up to someone, square up angrily, square up in defense

saldar, pagar lo debido

Pagar a alguien el dinero que se le debe.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: square up with someone (I will square up with you after lunch.); square something up (We squared the bill up before leaving.)

Sinónimos: settle up, pay back

Expresiones frecuentes: square up with someone, square something up

enfrentarse a

Enfrentarse a un rival en un partido o una competición.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: 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.)

Sinónimos: face, compete against

Expresiones frecuentes: square up against someone, square up to someone

escuadrar

Cortar o mecanizar un bloque para que sus caras y esquinas formen ángulos rectos precisos.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: square something up (The machinist squared the metal block up.)

Sinónimos: true up

Expresiones frecuentes: square up blocks, square something up