face up

Speech parts

1. face up - Verb

2. face up - Adverb

Meaning

deal with (something unpleasant) head on

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

face-up

Synonyms

face confront front meet faced facing encounter resist oppose withstand brave beard dare defy affront
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Antonyms

avoid concern doubt anxiety courtesy distrust
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Hypernyms

approach set about go about

Hyponyms

undertake tackle take on

Examples

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open. Gerry Adams

I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them. Paulo Coelho

She turned her face up to the strange stars and wondered in what direction her course lay. The sky looked blankly down upon her with its myriad meaningless eyes. C. L. Moore

What could be more convincing, moreover, than the gesture of laying one's cards face up on the table? Jacques Lacan

I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change. Kenneth Clark

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial. Zoe Saldana

Close letter words and terms

face to face contact face towel face uncovered face up to face up to it face up to the consequences