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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

face out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To carry off by bold looks; to see something unpleasant through with courage and spirit.
    • `Well,' I said to the others, `I don't at all like the look of things, but I suppose we must face it out.' 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
faces out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
faced out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
faced out Tense=Past lexicographic
facing out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

head-on · face facts · tough out