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View definitions for square away

square away

verb as in settle a situation

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Example Sentences

But at last, on Monday afternoon, at four oclock, the storm quieted so we were able to square away again for the Windward Passage.

At meridian, therefore, I gave the order to square away, and to make sail on our course.

Then suddenly the stillness of the hour was broken by the loud report of a pistol not half a square away.

The captain of the barque gave the order to sling the dinghy on deck and square away again.

He knew he would not feel safe until he was a square away from the house.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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