square on
Facing it straight
Square on means directly facing or aligned with something, without angle or deflection.
In cricket and other sports, it describes positioning perpendicular to a line of play: He stood square on to the bowler.
More broadly, it means confronting something head-on: She looked him square on and told him the truth.
face
Head's anterior surface
deal with · grapple · reckon with · stand up to · challenge · oppose · resist · defy · brave · encounter
directness of physical orientation
square onsideways
Toward one side
at an angle · glancingly · obliquely · askew · aslant
manner of confrontation or approach
square onevasively
Avoiding direct response
indirectly · obliquely · sideways · circuitously · tangentially
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