face up to it
Example Sentences
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"And I also quite liked the period where me and my close collaborators knew that this was probably it, or this was it, but hadn't had to face up to it in the world."
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023
Sounds like hyperbole, but that’s the truth: They face up to it.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
But elites had no appetite to face up to it.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2017
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
