Verb
look in the face (third-person singular simple present looks in the face, present participle looking in the face, simple past and past participle looked in the face)
(transitive) To confront with courage, without fear.
O brief, bright smile of summer! O days divine and dear The voices of winter's sorrow Already we can hear. And we know that the frosts will find us, And the smiling skies grow rude, While we look in the face of Beauty, And worship her every mood. Celia Thaxter
You can't look in the face of adoration and be cruel. Claudia Christian