SQUARE THE CIRCLE

PRONUNCIATION: (skwair thuh SUHR-kuhl)

MEANING: idiom: To accomplish what appears to be impossible, especially in satisfying conflicting requirements.

ETYMOLOGY: From the classical geometric problem of constructing, using only a compass and straightedge, a square equal in area to a given circle. Earliest documented use: 1624.
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SQUIRE, THE CIRCLE - the knight's attendant alerts his Master about a feature of the approaching formation

SQUARETTE CIRCLE - lots of four-equal-sided almost-right-angled figures arranged equidistant from a central point

SQUARE THEIR CLE - slogan supporting a proposal to redo the layout of Cleveland International Airport