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face out

verb

  1. to endure (trouble)
  2. to defy or act boldly in spite of (criticism, blame, etc)
  3. to cause to concede by a bold stare Also (esp US and Canadian)face down


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People who are putting their face out there and declaring their bisexuality are helping demystify it.

And Richard went into the castle with his head in the air, seeing only one face out of the many, and that very close to his own.

He poked his rubicund face out from the shadow of the chaise's canopy and peered to right and to left.

Pen drew a long breath and looked from Ames' strong tanned face out at the breathless wonder of the landscape.

I took my face out of my hands, and saw my enemy sinking back upon his inclined board.

My mate here was the first to see the body, when it was floating with the face out of the water.

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