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FACE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does face up mean? 

FACE UP (verb)
  The verb FACE UP has 1 sense:

1. deal with (something unpleasant) head onplay

  Familiarity information: FACE UP used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FACE UP (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deal with (something unpleasant) head on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

confront; face; face up

Context example:

He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes

Hypernyms (to "face up" is one way to...):

approach; go about; set about (begin to deal with)

Verb group:

confront; face; present (present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "face up"):

tackle; take on; undertake (accept as a challenge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP


 Context examples 


The researchers have found that it did not matter whether a person's smartphone was turned on or off, or whether it was lying face up or face down on a desk.

(Presence of Smartphone Reduces Brain Power, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The Lady Loring rode her palfrey at her lord's bridle-arm, for she would see him as far as the edge of the forest, and ever and anon she turned her hard-lined face up wistfully to him and ran a questioning eye over his apparel and appointments.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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