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square one's shoulders

square one's shoulders verb: to position one's shoulders back and in a straight line, forming a sort of square's edge.

Verb

square one's shoulders (third-person singular simple present squares one's shoulders, present participle squaring one's shoulders, simple past and past participle squared one's shoulders)

  1. To position one's shoulders back and in a straight line, forming a sort of square's edge.
  2. (figuratively) To prepare to deal with a hard task, to ready oneself for difficulty.
    • Aelin squared her shoulders and slipped into the bejeweled crowd.2015 September 1, Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows, →ISBN

Forms of square one's shoulders

third-person singular presentsquares one's shoulders
present participlesquaring one's shoulders
past participlesquared one's shoulders
pastsquared one's shoulders

Questions about square one's shoulders

What does square one's shoulders mean?
Square one's shoulders means to position one's shoulders back and in a straight line, forming a sort of square's edge.
What part of speech is square one's shoulders?
Square one's shoulders is a verb.
What is the past tense of square one's shoulders?
The past tense of square one's shoulders is squared one's shoulders.

Words near square one's shoulders in the dictionary

  1. square of opposition
  2. Square of Pegasus
  3. square off
  4. square on
  5. square one
  6. square one's shoulders
  7. square peg in a round hole
  8. square pegs in round holes
  9. square piano
  10. square pianos
  11. square pyramid

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