face out

English

Verb

face out (third-person singular simple present faces out, present participle facing out, simple past and past participle faced out)

1. To carry off by bold looks; to see something unpleasant through with courage and spirit.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     `Well,' I said to the others, `I don't at all like the look of things, but I suppose we must face it out.'

See also

• face facts
• head-on
• tough out

Anagrams

• outface