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faced up

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

Meaning of face up

Verb

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

  1. To confront an unpleasant situation
    • Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts / It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black1966, The Rolling Stones, “Paint It, Black”, in Aftermath

Questions about faced up

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

Words near faced up in the dictionary

  1. faced facts
  2. faced off
  3. faced out
  4. faced the facts
  5. faced the music
  6. faced up
  7. faced up to
  8. facedly
  9. facedown
  10. facedowns
  11. facefirst

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