outface

American  

[out-feys] / ˌaʊtˈfeɪs /

verb (used with object)

outfaced, outfacing

1. to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.

2. to face or confront boldly; defy.

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outface British  

/ ˌaʊtˈfeɪs /

verb

1. to face or stare down

2. to confront boldly or defiantly

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Etymology

Origin of outface

First recorded in 1520–30; out- + face

Example Sentences

Outface, owt-fās′, v.t. to stare down: to bear down by bravery or impudence: to confront boldly.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Let the day come, O Lord, when man, without Addition to that noble title—man— Can stand erect before his fellow-man, Outface Oppression with his flashing eye, And stamp and grind proud Tyranny to dust.

From The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts by Smith, James Edgar

Outface, to dare him up to his face.

From A Reading Book in Irish History by Joyce, P. W.