face-to-face
with the fronts or faces toward each other, especially when close together.
involving close contact or direct opposition: a face-to-face confrontation of adversaries.
noting, relating to, or promoting interaction that takes place in person, as opposed to online interaction or electronic communications: face-to-face classrooms.Abbreviation: f2f, F2F, FTF, ftf
Origin of face-to-face
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How to use face-to-face in a sentence
When you were face-to-face with Mr. Davis when he was standing up, could you describe what his face looked like?
From Ferguson Cop Embroiled in a Brutality Suit to City Councilwoman | Michael Daly | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA shot of her lying in bed next to Amber face-to-face as she prays to God to guide them to improve themselves is heartbreaking.
The end result is that the average face-to-face clinic visit lasts about 12 minutes.
How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession | Daniela Drake | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has made her anxious, even if much of the face-to-face attention has been positive.
Will Jordan Davis Become the First Transgender Miss England? | Tim Teeman | February 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fact that the GOP establishment needs to come face-to-face with is that they have no one to blame for this but themselves.
How Bad Does the GOP Need Chris Christie? Really Bad. | Michael Tomasky | January 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But I've never seen the crumb face-to-face since that Moonhop.
The Planet Strappers | Raymond Zinke GallunMade it sound as though there was some scandal; insisted that a reporter come to Dunnan House for a face-to-face interview.
Space Viking | Henry Beam PiperAfter all, here she is face-to-face with a man who actually knows the story of the separation, and can talk of it without pain.
Somehow Good | William de MorganHe was an ardent fisherman—loving that leisurely face-to-face contemplation of Nature which goes with rod and line.
Mount Royal, Volume 2 of 3 | Mary Elizabeth BraddonIn that face-to-face combat in the darkness the odds were with the stoat.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. Haviland
British Dictionary definitions for face to face
opposite one another
in confrontation
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Other Idioms and Phrases with face-to-face
In each other's presence, opposite one another; in direct communication. For example, The two chairmen sat face to face, or It's time his parents met the teacher face to face. [Mid-1300s]
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