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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a square meal" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a substantial and nutritious meal that is satisfying and well-balanced.
Example: "After a long day of hiking, all I wanted was a square meal to refuel my energy."
Alternatives: "a hearty meal" or "a substantial meal".
Idiom
Square meal.
(USA) A nutritious meal.
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A square meal now seemed like something from another lifetime.
Try making a square meal at Juice Press for less than $40.
There's some posh pasta and sauce included too, in case they do want a square meal.
Sitting down for a square meal is a challenge when things are happening all the time.
That way I know I'll get a square meal in before dinner.
Lindy and Anne have had a great deal of trouble trying to get a square meal.
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Aaron was pigging out at the salad bar but never getting a good square meal.
(WHY, dear Lord, do they always scream?) I want to remember the difficult struggle of potty training and the incessant fighting and whining and refusing to eat a good square meal.
I used to do it for the Law of the Sea conferences and you'd find these potentates from down in Africa, you know, rather than eating each other, they'd just come up and get a good square meal in Geneva".
Farmers who need their sons to help till their land often send the boys to school just so they can get one square meal a day.
Going by the utterances of the politicians and economists, the poor are meant to be unequal even when it comes down to basic necessities like one square meal a day.
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