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looking in the face

looking in the face is the present participle and gerund of look in the face.

Meaning of look in the face

Verb

look in the face (third-person singular simple present looks in the face, present participle looking in the face, simple past and past participle looked in the face)

  1. (transitive) To confront with courage, without fear.
  2. (transitive) To relate to someone without shame, or as having made similar achievements or dealt with similar adversity.

Questions about looking in the face

What is looking in the face the present participle and gerund of?
Looking in the face is the present participle and gerund of look in the face.

Words near looking in the face in the dictionary

  1. looking forward to
  2. looking glass
  3. looking glasses
  4. looking in
  5. looking in on
  6. looking in the face
  7. looking into
  8. looking it
  9. looking like
  10. looking like a bomb has hit it
  11. looking like one swallowed a bug

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