1. face down - Noun
2. face down - Verb
3. face down - Adverb
face down (not comparable)
Alternative form of face-down
face down (third-person singular simple present faces down, present participle facing down, simple past and past participle faced down)
(transitive, idiomatic) To confront; to abash by stern looks.
face-down (not comparable)
(of a person or object) In a manner such that the face, front, or surface which is normally directed forward for viewing is positioned downward.
Antonym: face-up
She was sleeping face-down on the sofa.
He placed the page face-down on the table so that we could not see its contents.
face-down (plural face-downs)
A confrontation.
face-down
44*53 Mouse Rooster Centipede Walls All tiles are placed face down and shuffled. Source: Internet
Abeer Bilal, 40, was thrown up into the air and left lying face-down on the kerb after Stefan Ulchianu’s Audi A1 ploughed into her at around 50mph as she crossed the road on her way home in Cardiff shortly before 11pm on April 10 last year. Source: Internet
According to the wrongful death suit filed in Atlanta, Georgia, gave “Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail rendering her unconscious and then put her face down in a tub of cold water causing her to suffer brain damage.” Source: Internet
Accusations of antisemitism – like those of being a wife-beater – are impossible to face down in TV soundbites. Source: Internet
After each trick any exposed face down cards from the partner’s hands are turned up and revealed. Source: Internet
After each trick is played, any face-down cards uncovered are turned face-up. Source: Internet