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face the music

VERB
accept the consequences
Synonyms
WEAK
be punished bite the bullet come to grips with face the facts face up to face up to it grin and bear it look square in the eye make one's bed and lie on it pay the piper swallow the pill take one's lumps take one's medicine take the consequences

Example Sentences

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It's fun watching such bad guys face the music, but there is one thing all these cases are lacking, if one craves a satisfying tale of crime and punishment: Sympathetic victims.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023

Or were the Wallabies that woeful, with former England boss Jones left to face the music as Australia lurch towards World Cup oblivion?

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2023

And then I’ll have to face the music.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2023

“Now he’s got to face the music and pay for it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Emma shook her head, but all we could do was go in and face the music.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs