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
They don’t bury the truth, they face up to it.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022
I will sit still with the silence and the fear, and face up to it.
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2016
If you face up to it, if you make the best of it, you're a better person.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2010
I turned my face up to it and laughed appreciatively.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
