to face

Meaning

1. Editorial55% of films

   to accept and deal with a difficult situation, an unpleasant fact, or a person you would rather avoid

2. Editorial45% of films

   in person and directly opposite someone, rather than by message, phone, or a third party

In the movies · 31

• Couldn't even say it to my face, could you?Uncle Frank2020
• To his face? That's it. You goddamn right!Do the Right Thing1989
• Hey, man, l'm right here. You can say that shit to my face.Se7en1995
• Face to face.World War Z2013
• but then face-to-face.Hillbilly Elegy2020
• Face to faceAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania2023
• Making friends face-to-face?Ron's Gone Wrong2021
• You're ready to face what you have to face.Sin City2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Uncle Frank2020
  • Daddy Mac Mocks Frank's Gift
  • Frank Lets Beth Rename Herself
  • Charlotte Meets Frank's Family
• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded

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 idioms

• be expecting a baby
• off the top of your head
• one of those days
• be hard on
• on the whole
• blow your mind
• at heart
• don't ask me
• get to the bottom of
• have the time of your life
• about time
• it's no use