face up to

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to accept and deal with sth that is difficult or unpleasant

   All you have to do is face up to the scary, and the rest is easy.

   All you have to do is face up to the scary,

In the movies · 4

• Can't you face up to that? At least I'm not chicken-shit like you!Slap Shot1977
• All you have to do is face up to the scary, and the rest is easy.Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
• All you have to do is face up to the scary,Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
• You're just gonna have to face up to this, Conor.Sing Street2016
• I'm not kidding. I had to face up to my competitive drives.My Best Friend's Wedding1997
• For years, I've been trying to face up to who I am and shit like that.American Movie1999
• I touch my left cheek and then lie face upThe Lobster2015
• His stepfather stormed to the door, where he turned his face up towards a hole in the ceiling and yelled,It's Such a Beautiful Day2012

Learn it in full scenes

• Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made2021
  • Interviewing for the Dead Letter Office
  • The Best Man's Wedding Checklist
  • Oliver's Mother Stays Four Days
• American Movie1999
  • Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
  • Mark Pitches Northwestern
  • Family Fights Over the Phone Bill

From the same entry

• disappear off the face of the earth
• face doesn't fit
• face is like thunder
• face to face
• face to face with
• face up
• have the face to do
• in face
• in the face of
• lose face
• on the face of it
• pull faces face

More phrasal verbs

• go over
• go along with
• catch on
• come in
• fool around
• come out
• go against
• keep out
• mess around
• go on doing
• stick up for
• come on