face the music
Example Sentences
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At that meeting Merz may have to face the music from lawmakers angered by the way he conducted the reshuffle, including the botched sacking of transport minister Patrick Schnieder.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Nobody was willing to face the music and request the rate hikes to do that necessary work,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
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
And then I’ll have to face the music.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2023
Then it would be time to get dressed and face the music, so to speak, but not yet.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
