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faced down

faced down is the simple past and past participle of face down.

Meaning of face down

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To confront; to abash by stern looks.
    • That old philosopher grew cross, / Who could not tell what motion was; / Because he walked against his will, / He faced men down, that he stood still.1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC
  2. (archaic, transitive) To persist in confronting impudently.

Questions about faced down

What is faced down the simple past and past participle of?
Faced down is the simple past and past participle of face down.

Words near faced down in the dictionary

  1. facecloth
  2. facecloths
  3. facecrime
  4. facecrimes
  5. faced
  6. faced down
  7. faced facts
  8. faced off
  9. faced out
  10. faced the facts
  11. faced the music

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