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Square awayTo make ready or to bring into top condition. Usage: "The skipper's inspectin' the motor pool tomorrow mornin'. All vehicles need to be squared away by 1700 today."
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Square awayOriginating in the days of sail, the term refers to putting a ship before the wind (getting way on the ship). Today, the term refers to getting organized or ready for an inspection.
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Square awayTo put in proper place, to make things shipshape.
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Square away Put in proper order; make things shipshape. Meaning everything in its proper place or order. A phrase which described a square-rigged ship bracing her yards to run away before the wind.
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Square awayto organize or get ready for something such as an inspection, a drill, etc. In the days of sail, the term referred to putting a ship before the wind, to get way on.
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Square awayOriginating in the days of sail, the term refers to putting a ship before the wind (getting way on the ship). Today, the term refers to getting organized or ready for something, be it an inspection, a [..]
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