face it

Example Sentences

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“I…I just don’t know if I can do it. He thinks I can get ranked nationally. He spends all of his free time thinking about it and talking about it. It makes me sick to tell him that I really just want to play for fun. I feel like he’ll get upset or mad or—ugh—heartbroken. I don’t think I can stand to see the disappointment in his face. It might break my heart.”

From Literature

Let’s face it, education hasn’t changed much since Miss Crabtree in the 1930s “The Little Rascals.”

From The Wall Street Journal

There are six months of the season left to play but, let's face it, they've had it.

From BBC

"And make sure that this phenomenal, beautiful opportunity that we have to compete for the drivers' championship and be the ones that actually stop Verstappen's dominance in this period of Formula 1, we want to face it as the best of ourselves."

From BBC

Let’s face it, though: Longer term, America’s growing appetite for fast-casual restaurant chains isn’t going anywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal