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square up to someone/something
phrasal verb with squareverbuk /skweər/ us /skwer/
UK(USface up to someone/something)
to deal with a problem or difficult person bravely and with determination: 勇敢面对；毅然应对
I thought she squared up to the situation admirably.我认为她勇敢面对这种情况，令人钦佩。
He had the courage to square up to the issue which everyone else had been avoiding.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dealing with things or people
addressable
approach
attend to someone/something
be all over it idiom
beard the lion (in his/her den)idiom
bed
cut
grip
have it out with someoneidiom
hold
hold onidiom
I/I've got thisidiom
ill-prepared
square
to get a handle on somethingidiom
to have a handle on somethingidiom
tough
tough something out
turn to someone/something
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square up to sb/sth | Business English
square up to sb/sth
phrasal verb with squareverbuk /skweər/us
to begin to compete or argue with another person, group, or organization:
Three of the country's biggest supermarket groups are squaring up to banks in a battle over cash machine charges.
to deal with a difficult situation:
Our biggest challenge will be squaring up to increased global competition.
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