face with

Idioms  

1. Confront, as in When he was faced with the evidence, he admitted it. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

My face, with all its spots and windburn, felt like a mask made of wood.

From Literature

She wiped my face with the corner of her apron and pressed a bag of dried leaves into my hands.

From Literature

All at once, I was face-to.face with Rachel.

From Literature

He will only come face to face with the 11th Major Arcana if he truly feels the full impact of his actions, and I don’t think he should be let off the hook, if only because you want to prevent this from happening again.

From MarketWatch

Many of those who moved to Miami quickly came face to face with its limits.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• accost
• defy
• encounter
• meet
• oppose
• repel
• resist