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face up to it



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Sounds like hyperbole, but that’s the truth: They face up to it.

From Seattle Times Jan. 6, 2022

“You just have to force yourself to face up to it and do it. You have to pull up your socks and do what you were hired to do.”

From Washington Post Sep. 2, 2021

And because of his charismatic public persona and popularity it seemed easier, and less traumatic, to suppress what had happened, than face up to it.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2018

I will sit still with the silence and the fear, and face up to it.

From The Guardian Mar. 8, 2016

I turned my face up to it and laughed appreciatively.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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