Verb
face facts (third-person singular simple present faces facts, present participle facing facts, simple past and past participle faced facts)
To accept what is true, especially when it is undesirable.
Chasing after a guy who's not interested in you will rip the hell out of your self-respect. Better to face facts now because the longer you put it off, the harder it'll be. Susan Elizabeth Phillips
You've got to face facts and the fact is life is a joke, a fucking bad joke, or, no, a bad fucking joke. Jeet Thayil
The wise man looks ahead. The fool attempts to fool himself and won't face facts. Biblical Proverb