square away

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

square away (third-person singular simple present squares away, present participle squaring away, simple past and past participle squared away)

1. (idiomatic, US, Canada) To finish, complete, tidy or put in order.

   I have almost squared away the last of the paperwork from that job.

2. (nautical) To square the ship's yards to make her run before the wind, with the wind blowing straight from the stern.
   • 1969, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast: Twenty-four Years After:

     Accordingly, when the wheel was relieved at eight o'clock, the order was given to keep her due north, and all hands were turned up to square away the yards and make sail.

Translations

to finish, complete

• Finnish: hoitaa (fi)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} привести́ в поря́док pf (privestí v porjádok)

to set sail before the wind

• Russian: идти́ фордеви́ндом n (idtí fordevíndom)