square with

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

That approach can be hard to square with a movie whose characters all seem a few AI tokens short of passing the Turing test. —David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026

But the image of the jovial professor, divorced from the messiness of the politics of the day after his own resignation in a COVID-era scandal in 2022, didn’t quite square with the reality of his time in Miami. —Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026

How does this penchant for fast food square with the juggernaut that is the MAHA movement? —Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026

Higher spending, though, doesn't square with consumer sentiment surveys. —Jeff Cox, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026