intransitive verb
1. : to square the yards so as to sail before the wind
2. : to put everything in order or in readiness : get ready
is squaring away to write the first words of the new chapter — Atlantic
3. : to take up a fighting stance
a professional fighter he was being compelled to square away against — Hamilton Basso
transitive verb
: to put in order or readiness : make ready
everything … is squared away, and satisfaction and contentment reign — W.W.Howells
helped him square away his field scarf and button his blouse — L.M.Uris