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face the facts

face the facts is the alternative form of face facts.

Meaning of face facts

Verb

face facts (third-person singular simple present faces facts, present participle facing facts, simple past and past participle faced facts)

  1. To accept what is true, especially when it is undesirable.
    • The Home Member said they could not refuse to face facts and Mr. S. R, Das, Law Member, said the partial co-operation which had been received from the Swarajists in the House had been forced out of them by their minority position there.1828, The Indian Year Book, volumes 12-17, page 765

Forms of face the facts

third-person singular presentfaces the facts
present participlefacing the facts
past participlefaced the facts
pastfaced the facts

Questions about face the facts

What is face the facts the alternative form of?
Face the facts is the alternative form of face facts.

Words near face the facts in the dictionary

  1. face tanked
  2. face tanking
  3. face tanks
  4. face that only a mother could love
  5. face that would stop a clock
  6. face the facts
  7. face the music
  8. face time
  9. face to face
  10. face turn
  11. face up

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