face up to it
Example Sentences
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"And I also quite liked the period where me and my close collaborators knew that this was probably it, or this was it, but hadn't had to face up to it in the world."
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023
Sounds like hyperbole, but that’s the truth: They face up to it.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022
“You just have to force yourself to face up to it and do it. You have to pull up your socks and do what you were hired to do.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2021
What matters, what goes a long way in putting the error in the rear view mirror instead of the trunk with all the rest of the emotional baggage, is how you face up to it.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2013
I turned my face up to it and laughed appreciatively.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
