square away

present singular third person squares away · participle present squaring away · participle past squared away · past squared away

1. nauticalTo square the ship's yards to make her run before the wind, with the wind blowing straight from the stern.

   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.

   1969, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast: Twenty-four Years After

2. idiomaticTo finish, complete, tidy or put in order.

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