square up

Near the end of his set, he squared up behind a mic and started throwing out long, passionate vocal lines in a language I can’t say I recognized.

“I would like to square up a couple things with the boy. No bad vibes or nothing like that but just — but we need to talk.”

Nearly three decades after being the maniacally driven quarterback who wasn’t afraid to square up with his defensive teammate, Harbaugh is bringing the same fire to the franchise as its head coach.

“Regardless of how they’re attacking me, I’m really focused on swinging at strikes. And when I’m not really squaring up, then it’s kind of telling me that I’m not quite on it.”

Almost everything he threw, it seemed, was easy for opponents to square up on the barrel.