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faces out

faces out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of face out.

Meaning of face out

Verb

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

  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

Questions about faces out

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

Words near faces out in the dictionary

  1. faces like smacked asses
  2. faces like smacked bums
  3. faces like thunder
  4. faces off
  5. faces only a mother could love
  6. faces out
  7. FACES syndrome
  8. faces that only a mother could love
  9. faces that would stop a clock
  10. faces that would stop clocks
  11. faces the facts

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