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

She uses it to outface the world; more importantly, it stores the breath she releases when sculpting the air as she sings.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2011

Winston Churchill had flown back to Britain and this week would again bulge up in Parliament to face, and probably outface, his critics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Premier Bennett was back in Ottawa and Minister Stevens found that he could no longer outface the intolerable situation The Pamphlet had put him into.

From Time Magazine Archive

A new English plutocracy, mercantile and determined to outface the landed gentry, was on the rise.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, by my faith," he continued, "if this wily fox do not think, by his coming, to take Justice by the nose, and outface her through his impudence.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John