fare quadrato
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to do square”.
Verb
fàre quadrato (first-person singular present fàccio quadrato, first-person singular past historic féci quadrato, past participle fàtto quadrato, first-person singular imperfect facévo quadrato, second-person singular imperative fài quadrato or fà' quadrato, auxiliary avére)
- (idiomatic, intransitive, or transitive with attorno) to close ranks (around)
- Synonym: coalizzarsi
- 2020 September 25, Massimo Basile, “No Vax, cospirazionisti e antisemiti: "l'altra America" si ritrova alla festa trash nel resort di Trump [No Vax, conspiracy theorists and antisemites: "the other America" finds itself in the trash party in the Trump Resort]”, in la Repubblica:
- Se i repubblicani fanno quadrato attorno a lei, hanno una maggioranza 53 a 47 che garantisce la nomina.
- If the Republicans close ranks around her, they have a 53-to-47 majority that guarantees the nomination.
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