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faces down

faces down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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What is faces down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Faces down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of face down.

Words near faces down in the dictionary

  1. facereaders
  2. faceroll
  3. facers
  4. faces
  5. faces as long as fiddles
  6. faces down
  7. faces facts
  8. faces for radio
  9. faces for television
  10. faces like bags of spanners
  11. faces like fiddles

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